knobblyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnɒbli/,

/ˈnɒbl̩i/, U.S.

/ˈnɑbli/

Forms: 1800s– knobbly, 1800s– nobbly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: knobble n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < knobble n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier knubbly adj. and nubbly adj. Compare also earlier knobby adj.The rare Middle English nobbly adj. was apparently formed separately from related elements.

Chiefly British.

A. adj.

1. Consisting of small lumps, esp. of stone or coal; (also) designating a small, rounded lump of stone, coal, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [adjective] > coal > other qualities of coal

knobbly1839

sweet1863

1839 Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 554 Knobbly or Boss rubble;—contains casts of shells. A layer of marle lies underneath.

1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xxv. 284 To clink his boot-heels upon the nobbly stones.

1996 E. M. Kirkham Our Clint Family 27 He wore on his back either a leather apron or vest buttoned at the front to protect him from the burlap sacks of knobbly coal.

a. Covered with small lumps, bumps, or protuberances; (often) rough, uneven. Cf. knobby adj. 2a.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having knobbles or knots

knurneda1225

warreda1398

knarryc1405

knottyc1405

knurredc1430

knurry1513

knobby1526

knurrish1530

knappy1552

bunchy1562

gouty1597

nody1611

boiny1615

gnarleda1616

nodosous1623

nodose1657

tuberose1704

nodated1710

knablick1788

tuberculed1798

knubbly1809

knubby1828

nubbly1829

knobbled1840

knobbly1844

knarred1849

nubby1864

1844 Era 9 June The rowing through Lambeth Reach was very excellent, the tide in their favor, but the wind directly in their teeth, which made ‘nobbly’ water.

1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 xii. 98 The snow was steep but knobbly.

1941 ‘Faugh-a-Ballagh’ 34 70/2 The roads, which are not smooth, are knobbly, and made of small blocks of stone.

2018 WalesOnline (Nexis) 24 Oct. These trails are perfect for bikes with knobbly tyres!

b. Having a particularly lumpy or misshapen appearance. Frequently with reference to a person's knees (cf. sense B. 1b, knobbly knees competition at Phrases).

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > knee > [adjective] > types of

knobbly?1852

?1852 P. Egan London Apprentice II. xv. 149/1 The sudden contraction of his face..and the round nobbly expression it assumed, like the sidewalks in many of the streets of Birmingham.

1921 E. Acland Dark Side Out xx. 214 William kept an arm round his grand-daughter, his dry, knobbly hand over her soft fingers.

1936 Daily Mail 27 Nov. 12/6 Those who still hold the belief that all women at Oxford wear spectacles, have knobbly knees and despondent figures should wake up to the fact that they are far behind the times.

2018 Sun (Nexis) 5 Apr. Knobbly carrots or extra curvy courgettes can be cut up and cooked just the same, and no one will know the difference.

B. n. colloquial.

1. In plural.

†a. A person’s knuckles or fists. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > fist

fista900

nievec1300

gripea1555

fistock1567

neufe1602

mauler1820

mallet1821

fives1825

duke1874

knobblies1898

1898 Strand Mag. June 623/2 ‘He knows, too, how to put up his knobblies.’ This last, as Eustace stepped forward to face his antagonist, and threw himself into a posture of defence.

b. A person's knees; knobbly knees.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > knee > [noun]

kneec825

knop14..

marrowbone1506

gigot1687

knapper1767

prayer-bones1877

bender1925

knobblies1953

1953 Galesburg (Illinois) Register-Mail 2 Sept. 22/6 Bert did spy one pair of knobblies disclosed between the long walking shorts and the complement of high socks.

1986 Daily Mail 21 Mar. 19/3 Knobblies and wobblies... The knobbly knees of 11 MPs will be on display.

2007 P. Granger Alone (2008) xv. 235 Mrs Blackmore decided that she would..ban stockings that stopped a few inches above the knobblies.

2. A tyre (now esp. on a motorcycle or mountain bike) having a deeply-grooved tread with raised bumps, intended for off-road use; = knobby n. 2. Usually in plural.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > types of

sidewall1901

non-skid1905

retread1909

remould1928

recap1929

knobbly1938

knobby1943

whitewall1950

slick1959

bias-ply1964

radial1964

cross-ply1965

snow1968

Pennsylvania cap1971

wet1977

1938 Scotsman 16 Nov. 8/5 The most hardened campaigner driving a machine [sc. a car] shod with ‘Knobblies’.

1954 Autocar 26 Feb. 271 I would have thought, however, that the reduction of contact area would have given the knobbly a poor grip on ordinary roads.

1976 New Motorcycling Monthly Oct. 24/2 The desert bike..sports a really chunky pair of moto-cross knobblies.

2002 Re: Full Frontal in alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Apr. A cheap 16″ knobbly with the tread ground off.

2015 Classic Scooterist Sept. 66/1 I have a pair of knobblies for off-road use.

Phrases

British. Use of the noun phrase knobbly knees as a modifier in knobbly knees competition, knobbly knees contest: designating a light-hearted competition in which a prize is awarded to the competitor with the ‘knobbliest knees’, typically staged as an attraction at a holiday camp, summer fête, carnival, etc.Also occasionally with the noun phrase in the singular knobbly knee.

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1938 Evening News (Portsmouth) 10 May 5/3 Knobbly knee competitions on the Pier.

1946 Skegness Standard 18 Sept. 3/2 Sunday afternoon at Butlin's Skegness Luxury Holiday Camp was as packed with entertainment and sport as usual. These two popular weekly competitions, the holiday lovely and knobbly knees contests, reached their semi-finals.

1968 Listener 12 Sept. 349/3 When I witness a theatrical ‘happening’ and ‘audience participation’ is urged upon me, I generally feel that I would sooner enter for a knobbly-knees competition at Butlin's.

2017 Gloucestershite Echo (Nexis) 26 Aug. 16 There will be a small dog show, a children's fancy dress competition..and the return of the ‘well-turned ankle’ and ‘knobbly knees’ contests—for men and women—by popular demand.

Derivatives

ˈknobbliness n.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > state of having bumps or lumps > state of having knobs or knots

nodation?a1425

knottiness1607

knobbiness1611

nodosity1611

nodation1623

knobbliness1899

1899 Quiver Jan. 420/2 She softly touched the knobbly nose and laughed aloud... What to Judy were dirt and knobbliness?

1950 E. J. King Propagation of Plants xxv. 190 In trees which develop properly, the natural knobbliness of the graft quickly becomes less conspicuous until in mature growth it is hard to detect.

2006 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Jan. 23 The mature knee..will..often develop a heightened knobbliness that can only be disguised by opaque tights.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knobbly
释义	knobblyadj.n. Brit. /ˈnɒbli/, /ˈnɒbl̩i/, U.S. /ˈnɑbli/ Forms: 1800s– knobbly, 1800s– nobbly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: knobble n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < knobble n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier knubbly adj. and nubbly adj. Compare also earlier knobby adj.The rare Middle English nobbly adj. was apparently formed separately from related elements. Chiefly British. A. adj. 1. Consisting of small lumps, esp. of stone or coal; (also) designating a small, rounded lump of stone, coal, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [adjective] > coal > other qualities of coal knobbly1839 sweet1863 1839 Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 554 Knobbly or Boss rubble;—contains casts of shells. A layer of marle lies underneath. 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xxv. 284 To clink his boot-heels upon the nobbly stones. 1996 E. M. Kirkham Our Clint Family 27 He wore on his back either a leather apron or vest buttoned at the front to protect him from the burlap sacks of knobbly coal. 2. a. Covered with small lumps, bumps, or protuberances; (often) rough, uneven. Cf. knobby adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having knobbles or knots knurneda1225 warreda1398 knarryc1405 knottyc1405 knurredc1430 knurry1513 knobby1526 knurrish1530 knappy1552 bunchy1562 gouty1597 nody1611 boiny1615 gnarleda1616 nodosous1623 nodose1657 tuberose1704 nodated1710 knablick1788 tuberculed1798 knubbly1809 knubby1828 nubbly1829 knobbled1840 knobbly1844 knarred1849 nubby1864 1844 Era 9 June The rowing through Lambeth Reach was very excellent, the tide in their favor, but the wind directly in their teeth, which made ‘nobbly’ water. 1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 xii. 98 The snow was steep but knobbly. 1941 ‘Faugh-a-Ballagh’ 34 70/2 The roads, which are not smooth, are knobbly, and made of small blocks of stone. 2018 WalesOnline (Nexis) 24 Oct. These trails are perfect for bikes with knobbly tyres! b. Having a particularly lumpy or misshapen appearance. Frequently with reference to a person's knees (cf. sense B. 1b, knobbly knees competition at Phrases). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > knee > [adjective] > types of knobbly?1852 ?1852 P. Egan London Apprentice II. xv. 149/1 The sudden contraction of his face..and the round nobbly expression it assumed, like the sidewalks in many of the streets of Birmingham. 1921 E. Acland Dark Side Out xx. 214 William kept an arm round his grand-daughter, his dry, knobbly hand over her soft fingers. 1936 Daily Mail 27 Nov. 12/6 Those who still hold the belief that all women at Oxford wear spectacles, have knobbly knees and despondent figures should wake up to the fact that they are far behind the times. 2018 Sun (Nexis) 5 Apr. Knobbly carrots or extra curvy courgettes can be cut up and cooked just the same, and no one will know the difference. B. n. colloquial. 1. In plural. †a. A person’s knuckles or fists. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > fist fista900 nievec1300 gripea1555 fistock1567 neufe1602 mauler1820 mallet1821 fives1825 duke1874 knobblies1898 1898 Strand Mag. June 623/2 ‘He knows, too, how to put up his knobblies.’ This last, as Eustace stepped forward to face his antagonist, and threw himself into a posture of defence. b. A person's knees; knobbly knees. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > knee > [noun] kneec825 knop14.. marrowbone1506 gigot1687 knapper1767 prayer-bones1877 bender1925 knobblies1953 1953 Galesburg (Illinois) Register-Mail 2 Sept. 22/6 Bert did spy one pair of knobblies disclosed between the long walking shorts and the complement of high socks. 1986 Daily Mail 21 Mar. 19/3 Knobblies and wobblies... The knobbly knees of 11 MPs will be on display. 2007 P. Granger Alone (2008) xv. 235 Mrs Blackmore decided that she would..ban stockings that stopped a few inches above the knobblies. 2. A tyre (now esp. on a motorcycle or mountain bike) having a deeply-grooved tread with raised bumps, intended for off-road use; = knobby n. 2. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > types of sidewall1901 non-skid1905 retread1909 remould1928 recap1929 knobbly1938 knobby1943 whitewall1950 slick1959 bias-ply1964 radial1964 cross-ply1965 snow1968 Pennsylvania cap1971 wet1977 1938 Scotsman 16 Nov. 8/5 The most hardened campaigner driving a machine [sc. a car] shod with ‘Knobblies’. 1954 Autocar 26 Feb. 271 I would have thought, however, that the reduction of contact area would have given the knobbly a poor grip on ordinary roads. 1976 New Motorcycling Monthly Oct. 24/2 The desert bike..sports a really chunky pair of moto-cross knobblies. 2002 Re: Full Frontal in alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Apr. A cheap 16″ knobbly with the tread ground off. 2015 Classic Scooterist Sept. 66/1 I have a pair of knobblies for off-road use. Phrases British. Use of the noun phrase knobbly knees as a modifier in knobbly knees competition, knobbly knees contest: designating a light-hearted competition in which a prize is awarded to the competitor with the ‘knobbliest knees’, typically staged as an attraction at a holiday camp, summer fête, carnival, etc.Also occasionally with the noun phrase in the singular knobbly knee. ΚΠ 1938 Evening News (Portsmouth) 10 May 5/3 Knobbly knee competitions on the Pier. 1946 Skegness Standard 18 Sept. 3/2 Sunday afternoon at Butlin's Skegness Luxury Holiday Camp was as packed with entertainment and sport as usual. These two popular weekly competitions, the holiday lovely and knobbly knees contests, reached their semi-finals. 1968 Listener 12 Sept. 349/3 When I witness a theatrical ‘happening’ and ‘audience participation’ is urged upon me, I generally feel that I would sooner enter for a knobbly-knees competition at Butlin's. 2017 Gloucestershite Echo (Nexis) 26 Aug. 16 There will be a small dog show, a children's fancy dress competition..and the return of the ‘well-turned ankle’ and ‘knobbly knees’ contests—for men and women—by popular demand. Derivatives ˈknobbliness n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > state of having bumps or lumps > state of having knobs or knots nodation?a1425 knottiness1607 knobbiness1611 nodosity1611 nodation1623 knobbliness1899 1899 Quiver Jan. 420/2 She softly touched the knobbly nose and laughed aloud... What to Judy were dirt and knobbliness? 1950 E. J. King Propagation of Plants xxv. 190 In trees which develop properly, the natural knobbliness of the graft quickly becomes less conspicuous until in mature growth it is hard to detect. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Jan. 23 The mature knee..will..often develop a heightened knobbliness that can only be disguised by opaque tights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1839
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