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hobbish

hobbish adjective: rustic; characteristic of a hob or yokel.

Adjective (1)

hobbish (comparative more hobbish, superlative most hobbish)

  1. rustic; characteristic of a hob or yokel

Adjective (2) capitalized: Hobbish

Hobbish (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Hobbesian
    • Their Notions Machiavellian, Hobbish, / Draw Multitudes, because they’re Mobbish1704, Edward Ward, The Dissenting Hypocrite, or Occasional Conformist; […] , page 12
    • […] the Preacher (tho’ a celebrated Divine of our Church, whose Principles are entirely Monarchical) has freely asserted several Hobbish Notions, and told us, that Democracy is of equal esteem with Monarchy, that Succession is a Jest, that all Forms of Government are in their own Nature mutable...1705, William Shippen, Moderation Display’d: A Poem, Preface

Forms of hobbish

comparativemore hobbish
superlativemost hobbish

Origin of hobbish

From hob + -ish.

From Hobbes (a surname) + -ish.

Questions about hobbish

What does hobbish mean?
Hobbish means rustic; characteristic of a hob or yokel.
What part of speech is hobbish?
Hobbish is an adjective.

Words near hobbish in the dictionary

  1. hobbinoll
  2. hobbinolls
  3. Hobbins
  4. Hobbinses
  5. Hobbis
  6. hobbish
  7. Hobbism
  8. Hobbist
  9. Hobbistic
  10. Hobbistical
  11. Hobbists

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