stubbed

adj — 3 senses

stubbed

adj
1

Short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.

2

Abounding in stubs; stubby.

  • Then came a bit of stubbed ground, once a wood, / Next a marsh, it would seem, and now mere earth / Desperate and done with; [...]1855, Robert Browning, “‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came.’”, in Men and Women […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, stanza 25, page 145:
3

Not delicate; hardy, rugged.

  • Stubbed, vulgar constitutions.1744, George Berkeley, Siris: A Chain Of Philosophical Reflexions And Inquiries Concerning The Virtues Of Tar Water:
Derived terms
stubbedness, unstubbed

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