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Definition of Blubbery
1. Adjective. Swollen with fat. "A coarse blubbery individual"
Definition of Blubbery
1. a. Swollen; protuberant.
Definition of Blubbery
1. Adjective. Having the characteristics of blubber. ¹
2. Adjective. Fat or obese. ¹
3. Adjective. With much blubbering. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blubbery
1. fat; swollen [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blubbery
Literary usage of Blubbery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"Gann and blubbery were in the oil line,—have we not said so ? ... Gann and blubbery
appeared in the Gazette j and, I am sorry to say, so bad had been the ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"Gann and blubbery appeared in the Gazette ; and, I am sorry to say, so bad had
been the management of blubbery,—so great the extravagance of both partners ..."
3. The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1889)
"Gann and blubbery were in the oil line — have we not said so ? ... Gann and
blubbery appeared in the Gazette; and, I am sorry to say, so bad had been the ..."
4. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1839)
"Cagliostro, as we know him of old, is not without a certain blubbery oiliness (of
soul as of body), with vehemence lying under it; ..."
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