"shaped like a tub, corpulent," 1835, from tub + -y (2). The noun meaning "a fat person" is attested from 1891. Related: Tubbily; tubbiness.
tu quoque
tuatara
Tuatha de Danann
tub
tuba
tubby
tube
tuber
tubercle
tubercular
tuberculosis
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