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nebby
English
Alternative forms
- nebbie
Etymology
neb +? -y
Adjective
nebby (comparative nebbier, superlative nebbiest)
- (Tyneside, Pennsylvania) Overly inquiring; nosey.
References
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
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neb
English
Alternative forms
- nib
Etymology
From Middle English neb, from Old English nebb (“beak, nose, face”), from Proto-Germanic *nabj? (“beak, nose”). Cognate with Danish næb, Dutch neb, German Schnabel, Old Norse nef, Swedish näbb, Swedish regional näv.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Noun
neb (plural nebs)
- (now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
- (obsolete) A person's mouth.
- (now dialectal) A person's nose.
- (now dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
- (now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
- (now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 183:
- In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 183:
- (now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.
Derived terms
- nebby (Geordie)
Related terms
- nib
- nipple
References
- neb in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “neb”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Ben, EbN, NbE, ben
Czech
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?n?p]
- Rhymes: -?p
Conjunction
neb
- (archaic) or
- (literary) because, as, since
Synonyms
- protože
- jelikož
- pon?vadž
- nebo?
Related terms
- aneb
Further reading
- neb in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- neb in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *nek?os (“someone, something”), whence also Old Irish nech (“anyone; no-one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne (negative particle) + Proto-Indo-European *k?os (“which, that”). Cognate with Latvian nekas (“nothing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne?b/
Pronoun
neb
- nobody, no-one
References
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne?/
Pronoun
neb
- you two (second person dual)
- your (second person dual)
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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