# nub

> English word · Noun · IPA /nʌb/ · frequency rank #50,118

## Definitions
1. The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
2. A small knob or lump.
3. The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
4. The clitoris.
5. A pointing stick.
6. A passage of Shakespearean blank verse.

## Etymology
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nub