hobbyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈhɒbi/, U.S.

/ˈhɑbi/

Forms: Middle English hobyn, Middle English–1600s hoby, 1500s hobye, hobbie, 1600s hobbey, 1500s– hobby.

Etymology: Middle English hobyn, hoby, in Old French hobin, hobi, haubby, whence modern French aubin, Italian ubino. The Old French was adopted < English, where the word is apparently native. In all probability it is the by-name Hobin , Hobby , variant of Robin , Robbie : see Hob n.¹ According to Bishop Kennett (1695) Gloss. to Parochial Antiq. s.v. Hobelers, ‘Our ploughmen to some one of their cart-horses generally give the name of Hobin , the very word which Phil. Comines [a1509] uses, Hist. vi. vii.’ Another by-form of the same name, dobbin n., has become a generic name for a cart-horse. Compare also dicky, donkey, neddy, cuddy, names for the ass.

1. A small or middle-sized horse; an ambling or pacing horse; a pony. Now Historical, archaic, or dialect.In early times hobbies are chiefly referred to as of Irish breed; in later times, also, as Welsh or Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > defined by size > small

hobbyc1400

tit1548

Galloway1598

hobby-horse1598

bidet1631

pony1659

runt1725

criollo1894

cuddyc1930

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > defined by size > small > pony

nag1336

hobbyc1400

bilder1570

hobby-horse1598

Sheltie1612

pony1659

naggya1700

shalt1813

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > amble > that ambles

hobbyc1400

amblerc1405

hobby-horse1598

pad-horse1626

pad-nag1654

pad mare1701

pad1832

c1400 T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 23 An Iyrysch man, Uppone his hoby.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 68 Hobynis [1489 Adv. hobynys] that war stekit thar, Rerit and flang..And kest thame that apon thame raid.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) iii. 131 I am an Iryshe man..I can kepe a Hobby.

1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. iii. 647 I will..buy an ambling hobby for my fayre.

1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. v. 775 Hath the groome saddled my hunting hobby?

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Hobin, a Hobbie; a little ambling (and shorne-maned) horse.

1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 39 Hobbies..in processe of time..became a common name for Geldings.

1688 London Gaz. No. 2340/4 Stolen..a black Welsh Hobby, near 13 hand.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Scotch-hobby, a little sorry, scrubbed, low Horse of that Country.

1732 R. Bradley Gentleman & Farmer's Guide for Improvem. of Cattle (ed. 2) 265 A Turk for the Sire, a Scotch Powny, or the Irish Hobby, for Dam.

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xvi. 30 The little Highland Hobbies, when they find themselves bogg'd, will lie still.

1804 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 502/2 Sir William Kemp Bart…was riding on a hobby from which he fell and expired on the spot.

1861 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxiv, in Monthly Packet Sept. 252 The chiefs and cavalry, both Irish and Anglo-Irish, had small light horses called hobbies.

†2. = hobby-horse n. 2. Obsolete or Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > morris-dance > [noun] > figure of horse

hobby-horse1557

hobby1778

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > pantomime > [noun] > role or character

hobby-horse1557

harlequin1590

play-mare1598

Columbinea1723

clown1727

hobby1778

pantaloon1781

harlequiness1785

Pierrot?1789

pierrette1847

harlequina1867

dobby1879

principal boy1892

principal girl1893

dame1902

1778 G. Tollet in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakspear (rev. ed.) V. 429 Our hobby is a spirited horse of pasteboard in which the master dances, and displays tricks of legerdemain.

1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xv. 319 Prance, hobby—hiss, dragon, and halloo, boys!

3. = hobby-horse n. 4 (In quot. 1860 with play on sense 5.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > hobby-horse, etc.

cock-horse1541

hobby-horse1589

hobby1689

cop-horse1877

1689 M. Prior Epist. to F. Shephard 90 But leap pro libitu, and scout On horse called Hobby, or without.

1748 W. Shenstone Ode to Memory viii Bring the hobby I bestrode, When pleas'd, in many a sportive ring Around the room I jovial rode.

1860 Punch 39 95 Master John Russel. ‘Please, Pam, find room for this’. Master Pam (the big boy of the school). ‘No, certainly not. You must leave that old hobby of yours behind’.

†4. A kind of velocipede, introduced in 1818, on which the rider propelled himself by pushing the ground with the point of each foot alternately: = dandy-horse n. Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > by feet pushing on ground

draisine1818

velocipede1818

accelerator1819

dandy-horse1819

hobby1819

hobby-horse1819

1819 Caricature in Miss Millard's Catal. (1895) Jan. 19 The Newe Long Back'd Hobby made to carry three without Kicking.

1819 Morning Chron. 13 May (advt.) The Velocimanipede, or Ladies Hobby..a Machine to carry One, Two, or Three Persons.

5. A favourite occupation or topic, pursued merely for the amusement or interest that it affords, and which is compared to the riding of a toy horse (sense 3); an individual pursuit to which a person is devoted (in the speaker's opinion) out of proportion to its real importance. Formerly hobby-horse n. (sense Compounds 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > [noun]

parergon1607

curiosity1646

hobby-horse1676

hobby1816

cheval de bataille1818

fad1867

first love1971

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > fanaticism > [noun] > object of

hobby-horse1676

hobby1816

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 248 I quarrel with no man's hobby.

1823 W. Scott Peveril I. ix. 231 The pleasure of being allowed to ride one's hobby in peace and quiet.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. ii. 270 He's on one of his pet hobbies.

1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. viii. 312 Transgress the boundaries of scientific evidence, and incur the charge of riding a hobby too hard.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope vi. 139 His [Lord Oxford's] famous library was one of his special hobbies.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

hobby farm n.

ΚΠ

1960 Economist 9 Apr. 179/2 There is little public sympathy for the tycoon who retires with a golden handshake to the hobby farm.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Jan. 24/2 (advt.) 50 acres..ideal for retirement or hobby farm.

hobby farmer n.

ΚΠ

1961 Ann. Reg. 1960 16 Loss relief for ‘hobby farmers’ was terminated.

hobby-groom n.

ΚΠ

1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. 241, 3 Hobby Grooms.

a1839 C. L. H. Papendiek Court & Private Life Time Queen Charlotte (1887) II. xix. 194 The Hobby groom was..sent off to London.

hobby-monger n.

ΚΠ

1866 E. P. Whipple Character & Characteristic Men 45 The hobby-monger is the only perfect..bore.

hobby-rider n.

ΚΠ

1883 Times 18 Aug. 9/2 The whole tribe of crotchet-mongers and hobby-riders.

hobby-riding n.

hobby shop n.

ΚΠ

1945 Time 9 Apr. 82 Prison hobby shops are not unusual.

1966 ‘D. Shannon’ With Vengeance viii. 107 This is Mr. Seidenbaum from the hobby shop.

1967 ‘W. Wright’ Shadows don't Bleed i. 20 A girl friend of Bridget's who owns a hobby shop here in town.

hobby show n.

ΚΠ

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Apr. 10/1 The first annual boys' hobby show will be held at the Y.M.C.A. this afternoon and evening... The exhibition will consist of manual training work, working models of aeroplanes, boats, etc.

C2.

† hobby-headed adj. Obsolete explained by Weber ‘shag-headed, as an Irish hobby’.

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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > bushy, thick > having

shaggeda1000

roughOE

thick-hairedc1405

busheda1513

bush-haired1530

maned1530

bush-headed1552

shack-haired1555

mop-headed?1566

shag-haired1577

shag-hair1584

shaggyc1590

rug-headed1597

hirsute1621

hobby-headeda1625

shock1681

shocky1698

shock-head1842

tousled-headed1860

tousle-haired1880

flock-headed1891

thick-piled1976

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe ii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn4^v/2 O you hobby headed Raskall, I'le have you flead.

Derivatives

ˈhobbyism n. pursuit of or devotion to hobbies (see 5).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > [noun] > devotion to

hobbyism1846

1846 Ecclesiologist 6 176 [Brass-rubbing] burdens Ecclesiology with the hobbyism of an amusing trifle.

ˈhobbyist n. a person devoted to a hobby (sometimes used with a connotation of crankiness).

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > [noun] > person following

amateur1757

hobbyist1871

fan1915

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > fanaticism > [noun] > person > devoted to hobby

hobbyist1871

hobby-horse man1894

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. ix. 955 The pernicious counsel of some hobbyist.

1892 Daily News 17 Feb. 3/1 The philatelists or collectors of postage-stamps, like nearly all other hobbyists, have long had their association.

1935 W. de la Mare Early One Morning 582 Of such kind are nascent cranks and hobbyists, and some of them attain at last to the rank..of English ‘characters’.

1937 W. H. Auden & L. MacNeice Lett. from Iceland 105 A circle where one's known Of hobbyists and rivals.

1948 F. A. Staples Watercolour Painting 1 A non-technical manner suited to the hobbyist or art student.

1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 137 ‘That's a nice Jap machine gun.’ He looked at it with the professional curiosity of a hobbyist.

1971 Guardian 11 Aug. 10/4 The young hobbyist was encouraged to specialise.

ˈhobbyless adj. having no hobby.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > [adjective] > having no hobby

hobbyless1870

1870 Sat. Rev. 4 June 730/2 How many hobbyless wretches are still crawling about the world?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

hobbyn.²

Brit.

/ˈhɒbi/, U.S.

/ˈhɑbi/

Forms: Middle English hobey(e, Middle English–1600s hoby, 1500s hobie, 1500s–1600s hobbie, hobbey, Middle English– hobby.

Etymology: < Old French hobé, hobet, medieval Latin hobētus, diminutive of hobe the same bird; other diminutives were Old French hobel , hobert , hoberet , modern French hobereau . According to Darmesteter, perhaps derived < Old French hober to move, stir, bestir oneself: compare Dutch hobben under hobble v.

A small species of falcon, Falco subbuteo, formerly flown at larks and other small birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco subbuteo (hobby)

hobbyc1440

hobby-hawk1570

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 242/1 Hoby, hawke, alaudarius, alietus.

1486 Bk. St. Albans D iv a Ther is an Hoby. And that hauke is for a yong man.

1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. D4^v No bastard hauke must soare so hie as the Hobbie.

1642 C. Herle Fuller Answer to Dr. Ferne To Rdr. sig. A2 Be not like a Larke, dared into the net by a painted Hobby of pretended Conscience.

1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 10 As ridiculous..as for a Larke to dare the Hobby.

1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 45 The merlin and the hobby both breed in England.

Compounds

C1. hobby-like adj. or adv.

ΚΠ

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer Pref. 123 She dares not onely, Hobby-like, make wing At Dorrs and Butterflyes.

C2.

Categories »

hobby-bird n. dialect name for the wryneck (Swainson).

hobby-hawk n. same as hobby.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco subbuteo (hobby)

hobbyc1440

hobby-hawk1570

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Dii ^v/1 An Hobyhauke, alandarius.

Categories »

hobby-owl n. dialect name for the barn owl (Swainson).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hobby
释义	hobbyn.¹ Brit. /ˈhɒbi/, U.S. /ˈhɑbi/ Forms: Middle English hobyn, Middle English–1600s hoby, 1500s hobye, hobbie, 1600s hobbey, 1500s– hobby. Etymology: Middle English hobyn, hoby, in Old French hobin, hobi, haubby, whence modern French aubin, Italian ubino. The Old French was adopted < English, where the word is apparently native. In all probability it is the by-name Hobin , Hobby , variant of Robin , Robbie : see Hob n.¹ According to Bishop Kennett (1695) Gloss. to Parochial Antiq. s.v. Hobelers, ‘Our ploughmen to some one of their cart-horses generally give the name of Hobin , the very word which Phil. Comines [a1509] uses, Hist. vi. vii.’ Another by-form of the same name, dobbin n., has become a generic name for a cart-horse. Compare also dicky, donkey, neddy, cuddy, names for the ass. 1. A small or middle-sized horse; an ambling or pacing horse; a pony. Now Historical, archaic, or dialect.In early times hobbies are chiefly referred to as of Irish breed; in later times, also, as Welsh or Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > defined by size > small hobbyc1400 tit1548 Galloway1598 hobby-horse1598 bidet1631 pony1659 runt1725 criollo1894 cuddyc1930 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > defined by size > small > pony nag1336 hobbyc1400 bilder1570 hobby-horse1598 Sheltie1612 pony1659 naggya1700 shalt1813 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > amble > that ambles hobbyc1400 amblerc1405 hobby-horse1598 pad-horse1626 pad-nag1654 pad mare1701 pad1832 c1400 T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 23 An Iyrysch man, Uppone his hoby. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 68 Hobynis [1489 Adv. hobynys] that war stekit thar, Rerit and flang..And kest thame that apon thame raid. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) iii. 131 I am an Iryshe man..I can kepe a Hobby. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. iii. 647 I will..buy an ambling hobby for my fayre. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. v. 775 Hath the groome saddled my hunting hobby? 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Hobin, a Hobbie; a little ambling (and shorne-maned) horse. 1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 39 Hobbies..in processe of time..became a common name for Geldings. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2340/4 Stolen..a black Welsh Hobby, near 13 hand. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Scotch-hobby, a little sorry, scrubbed, low Horse of that Country. 1732 R. Bradley Gentleman & Farmer's Guide for Improvem. of Cattle (ed. 2) 265 A Turk for the Sire, a Scotch Powny, or the Irish Hobby, for Dam. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xvi. 30 The little Highland Hobbies, when they find themselves bogg'd, will lie still. 1804 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 502/2 Sir William Kemp Bart…was riding on a hobby from which he fell and expired on the spot. 1861 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxiv, in Monthly Packet Sept. 252 The chiefs and cavalry, both Irish and Anglo-Irish, had small light horses called hobbies. †2. = hobby-horse n. 2. Obsolete or Historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > morris-dance > [noun] > figure of horse hobby-horse1557 hobby1778 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > pantomime > [noun] > role or character hobby-horse1557 harlequin1590 play-mare1598 Columbinea1723 clown1727 hobby1778 pantaloon1781 harlequiness1785 Pierrot?1789 pierrette1847 harlequina1867 dobby1879 principal boy1892 principal girl1893 dame1902 1778 G. Tollet in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakspear (rev. ed.) V. 429 Our hobby is a spirited horse of pasteboard in which the master dances, and displays tricks of legerdemain. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xv. 319 Prance, hobby—hiss, dragon, and halloo, boys! 3. = hobby-horse n. 4 (In quot. 1860 with play on sense 5.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > hobby-horse, etc. cock-horse1541 hobby-horse1589 hobby1689 cop-horse1877 1689 M. Prior Epist. to F. Shephard 90 But leap pro libitu, and scout On horse called Hobby, or without. 1748 W. Shenstone Ode to Memory viii Bring the hobby I bestrode, When pleas'd, in many a sportive ring Around the room I jovial rode. 1860 Punch 39 95 Master John Russel. ‘Please, Pam, find room for this’. Master Pam (the big boy of the school). ‘No, certainly not. You must leave that old hobby of yours behind’. †4. A kind of velocipede, introduced in 1818, on which the rider propelled himself by pushing the ground with the point of each foot alternately: = dandy-horse n. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > by feet pushing on ground draisine1818 velocipede1818 accelerator1819 dandy-horse1819 hobby1819 hobby-horse1819 1819 Caricature in Miss Millard's Catal. (1895) Jan. 19 The Newe Long Back'd Hobby made to carry three without Kicking. 1819 Morning Chron. 13 May (advt.) The Velocimanipede, or Ladies Hobby..a Machine to carry One, Two, or Three Persons. 5. A favourite occupation or topic, pursued merely for the amusement or interest that it affords, and which is compared to the riding of a toy horse (sense 3); an individual pursuit to which a person is devoted (in the speaker's opinion) out of proportion to its real importance. Formerly hobby-horse n. (sense Compounds 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > [noun] parergon1607 curiosity1646 hobby-horse1676 hobby1816 cheval de bataille1818 fad1867 first love1971 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > fanaticism > [noun] > object of hobby-horse1676 hobby1816 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 248 I quarrel with no man's hobby. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. ix. 231 The pleasure of being allowed to ride one's hobby in peace and quiet. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. ii. 270 He's on one of his pet hobbies. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. viii. 312 Transgress the boundaries of scientific evidence, and incur the charge of riding a hobby too hard. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope vi. 139 His [Lord Oxford's] famous library was one of his special hobbies. Compounds C1. General attributive. hobby farm n. ΚΠ 1960 Economist 9 Apr. 179/2 There is little public sympathy for the tycoon who retires with a golden handshake to the hobby farm. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Jan. 24/2 (advt.) 50 acres..ideal for retirement or hobby farm. hobby farmer n. ΚΠ 1961 Ann. Reg. 1960 16 Loss relief for ‘hobby farmers’ was terminated. hobby-groom n. ΚΠ 1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. 241, 3 Hobby Grooms. a1839 C. L. H. Papendiek Court & Private Life Time Queen Charlotte (1887) II. xix. 194 The Hobby groom was..sent off to London. hobby-monger n. ΚΠ 1866 E. P. Whipple Character & Characteristic Men 45 The hobby-monger is the only perfect..bore. hobby-rider n. ΚΠ 1883 Times 18 Aug. 9/2 The whole tribe of crotchet-mongers and hobby-riders. hobby-riding n. hobby shop n. ΚΠ 1945 Time 9 Apr. 82 Prison hobby shops are not unusual. 1966 ‘D. Shannon’ With Vengeance viii. 107 This is Mr. Seidenbaum from the hobby shop. 1967 ‘W. Wright’ Shadows don't Bleed i. 20 A girl friend of Bridget's who owns a hobby shop here in town. hobby show n. ΚΠ 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Apr. 10/1 The first annual boys' hobby show will be held at the Y.M.C.A. this afternoon and evening... The exhibition will consist of manual training work, working models of aeroplanes, boats, etc. C2. † hobby-headed adj. Obsolete explained by Weber ‘shag-headed, as an Irish hobby’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > bushy, thick > having shaggeda1000 roughOE thick-hairedc1405 busheda1513 bush-haired1530 maned1530 bush-headed1552 shack-haired1555 mop-headed?1566 shag-haired1577 shag-hair1584 shaggyc1590 rug-headed1597 hirsute1621 hobby-headeda1625 shock1681 shocky1698 shock-head1842 tousled-headed1860 tousle-haired1880 flock-headed1891 thick-piled1976 a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe ii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn4^v/2 O you hobby headed Raskall, I'le have you flead. Derivatives ˈhobbyism n. pursuit of or devotion to hobbies (see 5). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > [noun] > devotion to hobbyism1846 1846 Ecclesiologist 6 176 [Brass-rubbing] burdens Ecclesiology with the hobbyism of an amusing trifle. ˈhobbyist n. a person devoted to a hobby (sometimes used with a connotation of crankiness). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > [noun] > person following amateur1757 hobbyist1871 fan1915 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > fanaticism > [noun] > person > devoted to hobby hobbyist1871 hobby-horse man1894 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. ix. 955 The pernicious counsel of some hobbyist. 1892 Daily News 17 Feb. 3/1 The philatelists or collectors of postage-stamps, like nearly all other hobbyists, have long had their association. 1935 W. de la Mare Early One Morning 582 Of such kind are nascent cranks and hobbyists, and some of them attain at last to the rank..of English ‘characters’. 1937 W. H. Auden & L. MacNeice Lett. from Iceland 105 A circle where one's known Of hobbyists and rivals. 1948 F. A. Staples Watercolour Painting 1 A non-technical manner suited to the hobbyist or art student. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 137 ‘That's a nice Jap machine gun.’ He looked at it with the professional curiosity of a hobbyist. 1971 Guardian 11 Aug. 10/4 The young hobbyist was encouraged to specialise. ˈhobbyless adj. having no hobby. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > [adjective] > having no hobby hobbyless1870 1870 Sat. Rev. 4 June 730/2 How many hobbyless wretches are still crawling about the world? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). hobbyn.² Brit. /ˈhɒbi/, U.S. /ˈhɑbi/ Forms: Middle English hobey(e, Middle English–1600s hoby, 1500s hobie, 1500s–1600s hobbie, hobbey, Middle English– hobby. Etymology: < Old French hobé, hobet, medieval Latin hobētus, diminutive of hobe the same bird; other diminutives were Old French hobel , hobert , hoberet , modern French hobereau . According to Darmesteter, perhaps derived < Old French hober to move, stir, bestir oneself: compare Dutch hobben under hobble v. A small species of falcon, Falco subbuteo, formerly flown at larks and other small birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco subbuteo (hobby) hobbyc1440 hobby-hawk1570 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 242/1 Hoby, hawke, alaudarius, alietus. 1486 Bk. St. Albans D iv a Ther is an Hoby. And that hauke is for a yong man. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. D4^v No bastard hauke must soare so hie as the Hobbie. 1642 C. Herle Fuller Answer to Dr. Ferne To Rdr. sig. A2 Be not like a Larke, dared into the net by a painted Hobby of pretended Conscience. 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 10 As ridiculous..as for a Larke to dare the Hobby. 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 45 The merlin and the hobby both breed in England. Compounds C1. hobby-like adj. or adv. ΚΠ 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer Pref. 123 She dares not onely, Hobby-like, make wing At Dorrs and Butterflyes. C2. Categories » hobby-bird n. dialect name for the wryneck (Swainson). hobby-hawk n. same as hobby. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco subbuteo (hobby) hobbyc1440 hobby-hawk1570 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Dii ^v/1 An Hobyhauke, alandarius. Categories » hobby-owl n. dialect name for the barn owl (Swainson). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † hobbyv. Etymology: < hobby n.² Obsolete. intransitive. To hawk with a hobby. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > hawk [verb (intransitive)] hawk1340 hobbyc1430 falcon1807 to fly to the mark1891 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 203 On hobying whan she lyst to fare. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eii ^v I wolde hauke whylest my hede dyd warke So I myght hobby for suche a lusty larke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹c1400n.²c1440v.c1430
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