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hobbledehoyish

hobbledehoyish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a hobbledehoy.

Adjective

hobbledehoyish (comparative more hobbledehoyish, superlative most hobbledehoyish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a hobbledehoy.

Forms of hobbledehoyish

comparativemore hobbledehoyish
superlativemost hobbledehoyish

Origin of hobbledehoyish

From hobbledehoy + -ish.

Words formed from hobbledehoyish

Questions about hobbledehoyish

What does hobbledehoyish mean?
Hobbledehoyish means resembling or characteristic of a hobbledehoy.
What part of speech is hobbledehoyish?
Hobbledehoyish is an adjective.

Words near hobbledehoyish in the dictionary

  1. hobblebushes
  2. hobbled
  3. hobbledehoy
  4. hobbledehoydom
  5. hobbledehoyhood
  6. hobbledehoyish
  7. hobbledehoyishness
  8. hobbledehoyism
  9. hobbledehoys
  10. hobbler
  11. hobblerope

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