nubbly

nubbly

English

Etymology

nubble +‎ -y

Adjective

nubbly (comparative nubblier, superlative nubbliest)

1. Rough or lumpy.
   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], OCLC 855945:

     She was a little woman, in a bonnet and a black costume. Her bonnet was in its third year; it was a great grievance to Annie. “Mother!” the girl implored, “don’t wear that nubbly little bonnet.”

   • 1978, Alice Munro, “Mischief”, in The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose:

     Though Clifford paid preliminary homage to them both, she was the one he finally made love to, rather quickly on the nubbly hooked rug.

   • 2007 February 7, Julia Moskin, “Koreans Share Their Secret for Chicken With a Crunch”, in New York Times‎:

     When that crust is nubbly and evenly browned, and the chicken meat is cooked through, the chicken is sublime.

   • 2022 March 29, Dwight Garner, “In Jennifer Egan’s New Novel, Our Memories Are Available for All to See”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     My description thus far makes this sound like a clash-of-civilizations novel, or a techno nail-biter, something out of Neal Stephenson or Stephen King, but it doesn’t read that way: It’s more nubbly.