dobbie
dobbie is the alternative spelling of dobby.
Meaning of dobby
Noun
dobby (countable and uncountable, plural dobbies)
- A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns.
- The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns.
- An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household.
- He understood Greek, Latin, and Hebrew; and, therefore, according to the apprehension, and in the phrase of his brother Wilfred, needed not to care “for ghaist or bar-ghaist, devil or dobbie.”1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and...
- A dotard.
- The children's game of tag.
Proper noun capitalized: Dobbie
Dobbie
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Forms of dobbie
| plural | dobbies |
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Origin of dobbie
From Dobb (“a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert”) + -ie; thus archaically equivalent to Bobby. Cognate with English Dobbin.
Words formed from dobbie
Questions about dobbie
- What does dobbie mean?
- Dobbie means a surname originating as a patronymic.
- What is dobbie the alternative spelling of?
- Dobbie is the alternative spelling of dobby.
- What part of speech is dobbie?
- Dobbie is a proper noun.
Words near dobbie in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dobbie (page history and authors); Dobbie (page history and authors); dobby (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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