numby

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English

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Etymology

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From numb +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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.

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