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hobbyism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hob-by-ism
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An interest in hobbies.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English hobby Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hobbyism From hobby + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hobbyisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hobbyist

Questions

What does hobbyism mean?
An interest in hobbies.
Where does hobbyism come from?
Etymology tree English hobby Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hobbyism From hobby + -ism.

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