[f. KNOBBY a. + -NESS.] The quality of being knobby.
1611. Cotgr., Nodosité, knottinesse, knobbinesse.
1755. in Johnson.
1885. Constance Fenimore Woolson, in Harper’s Mag., March, 614/1. The knobbiness of her spine.
1893. W. H. Hudson, Patagonia, v. 61. The surface carved to almost symmetrical knobbiness.
