This week’s theme
Five-letter words

This week’s words
eclat
bosky
fubsy

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(FUHB-zee)

MEANING:

adjective: Short and stout; stocky.

ETYMOLOGY:

From fubs (chubby person), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1780.

USAGE:

“Biggs was a fubsy pudding of a character with a hairpiece that could only have been ordered by dialling 1-800 Toupees.”
Woody Allen; Mr Biggs and the Boychick; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Jun 23, 2007.

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