Frobly-mobly: Difference between revisions
Created page with "==English== ===Katakana Transliteration=== * フロブリー・モブリー (''furoburī moburī'') ===Adjective=== '''frobly-mobly''' (comparative '''more frobly-mobly''', superlative '''most frobly-mobly''') # Indifferently well; neither well nor unwell. #* ''1674 Eng. dial.'' — Used to describe a middling or ambiguous state of health or condition. ===Examples=== * ''"How are you feeling today?" — "Oh, just frobly-mobly, I suppose."'' * ''The patient reported f..." |
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===Adjective=== | ===Adjective=== | ||
'''frobly-mobly''' (comparative '''more frobly-mobly''', superlative '''most frobly-mobly''') | '''frobly-mobly '''([https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comparative comparative] '''more frobly-mobly''', [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/superlative superlative] '''most frobly-mobly''') | ||
# Indifferently well; neither well nor unwell. | # Indifferently well; neither well nor unwell. | ||
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===Examples=== | ===Examples=== | ||
* ''"How are you feeling today?" | * ''"How are you feeling today?" "Oh, just frobly-mobly, I suppose."'' | ||
* ''The patient reported feeling frobly-mobly—nothing serious, but not quite right either.'' | * ''The patient reported feeling frobly-mobly—nothing serious, but not quite right either.'' | ||
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===See also=== | ===See also=== | ||
* [https://youtu.be/7fk4MIuDCu8?si=KXfSn-N2J2Sh5w9W "Word #76 frobly mobly/etymology, meaning, pronunciation, examples/ A Word A Day Challenge 2021" by WinSun's English Academy] | * [https://youtu.be/7fk4MIuDCu8?si=KXfSn-N2J2Sh5w9W "Word #76 frobly mobly/etymology, meaning, pronunciation, examples/ A Word A Day Challenge 2021" by WinSun's English Academy] | ||
* [https://www.wordsandphrasesfromthepast.com/word-of-the-day/frobly-mobly "FROBLY-MOBLY" Word & Phrases from the Past's Entry] | |||
[[Category:English adjectives]] | [[Category:English adjectives]] | ||
[[Category:English dialect terms]] | [[Category:English dialect terms]] | ||
[[Category:Reduplicative expressions]] | [[Category:Reduplicative expressions]] | ||