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English
Etymology
From blubber + -ous.
Adjective
blubberous (comparative more blubberous, superlative most blubberous)
- (rare) Blubbery.
2003 January 26, Robyn E. Blumner, “Hirschfeld and Broadway”, in St. Petersburg Times:Compare New York Magazine theater critic John Simon's description of Liza Minnelli whom he once said was beagle-faced with lips that were "blubberous and unable to resist the pull of gravity."
- 2006, Arline and Sam Bleecker, "Holland American Has a Whale of a Program," Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep.:
- They are slow-moving and blubberous and thus were an abundant source of oil for a world not yet addicted to petroleum.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.