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hoboish

hoboish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a hobo.

Adjective

hoboish (comparative more hoboish, superlative most hoboish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a hobo.

Forms of hoboish

comparativemore hoboish
superlativemost hoboish

Origin of hoboish

From hobo + -ish.

Questions about hoboish

What does hoboish mean?
Hoboish means resembling or characteristic of a hobo.
What part of speech is hoboish?
Hoboish is an adjective.

Words near hoboish in the dictionary

  1. hobohemia
  2. hobohemian
  3. hobohemians
  4. hobohemias
  5. hoboing
  6. hoboish
  7. hoboism
  8. Hoboken
  9. Hobokenite
  10. hobolike
  11. hobos

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