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单词 hobbit
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hobbit

[ hob-it ]
/ ˈhɒb ɪt /

noun

a member of a race of imaginary creatures related to and resembling humans, living in underground holes and characterized by their good nature, diminutive size, and hairy feet.
a nickname for Homo floresiensis.

Origin of hobbit

1937; coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in his fantasy novel “The Hobbit”

Words nearby hobbit

Hobbema, Hobbes, Hobbesian, Hobbes, Thomas, Hobbism, hobbit, hobbits, hobble, hobblebush, hobbledehoy, hobble skirt
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British Dictionary definitions for hobbit

hobbit
/ (ˈhɒbɪt) /

noun

one of an imaginary race of half-size people living in holes
a nickname used for a very small type of primitive human, Homo floresiensis, following the discovery of remains of eight such people on the Island of Flores, Indonesia, in 2004

Derived forms of hobbit

hobbitry, noun

Word Origin for hobbit

C20: coined by J. R. R. Tolkien, with the meaning ``hole-builder''
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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