Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hobbly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hob-bly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

hobbling, walking with a hobble (unbalanced tread).

Etymology

Etymology tree English hobble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hobbly From hobble + -y.

Inflected Forms

more hobbly (comparative) most hobbly (superlative)

Rhymes With

wobbly knobbly bobbly squabbly cobbly nobbly gobbly

Questions

What does hobbly mean?: uneven, rugged
Where does hobbly come from?: Etymology tree English hobble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hobbly From hobble + -y.

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