numby

English

Etymology

From numb +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʌmi/
• Rhymes: -ʌmi

Adjective

numby (comparative more numby, superlative most numby)

1. (obsolete) Somewhat numb; numbed.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     My hands are so stiffe and nummie, that I can hardly write for my selfe, so that what I have once scribled, I had rather frame it anew than take the paines to correct it; and I reade but little better.

   • 1868, The London Lancet:

     The pains extend down the legs, with a numby, burning feeling.

Anagrams

• Bynum