knobbiness|ˈnɒbɪnɪs| [f. knobby a. + -ness.] The quality of being knobby. 1611Cotgr., Nodosité, knottinesse, knobbinesse.1755in Johnson.1885Harper's Mag. Mar. 614/1 The knobbiness of her spine.1893W. H. Hudson Patagonia v. 61 The surface carved to almost symmetrical knobbiness.