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hobbledehoyish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hob-blede-hoy-ish
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a hobbledehoy.

Etymology

From hobbledehoy + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more hobbledehoyish (comparative) most hobbledehoyish (superlative)

Derived Forms

hobbledehoyishness

Questions

What does hobbledehoyish mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a hobbledehoy.
Where does hobbledehoyish come from?
From hobbledehoy + -ish.

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