stubbed
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]stubbed
- simple past and past participle of stub
Adjective
[edit]stubbed (comparative more stubbed, superlative most stubbed)
- Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
- Abounding in stubs; stubby.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came.’”, in Men and Women […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, stanza 25, page 145:
- Then came a bit of stubbed ground, once a wood, / Next a marsh, it would seem, and now mere earth / Desperate and done with; [...]
- Not delicate; hardy, rugged.
- 1744, George Berkeley, Siris: A Chain Of Philosophical Reflexions And Inquiries Concerning The Virtues Of Tar Water:
- Stubbed, vulgar constitutions.