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单词 nobbly
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nobblyadj.

Forms: Middle English nobly.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nob n.1, -ly suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently < nob n.1 + -ly suffix1. Perhaps compare also Dutch regional (West Flemish) nobbeling coarse flax used to make sacks, etc. Compare later knobbly adj. and n.
Obsolete.
Knotty.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 249v Herden is departed fro þe substaunce of flex and is greet whanne it is departed, nobly [L. nodosior], schort, and rowh.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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