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hobbitesque en · ADJ

Etymology

From hobbit + -esque. Piecewise doublet of hobbitish.

Meanings

1. Resembling hobbits (small fictional humanoids) or their homes built into the sides of hills.
   • It [Homo floresiensis] dominated conversation at our little bash: how this hobbitesque species could have existed as recently as 12,000 years ago, their skeletons like Homo erectus, but their bodies and brains tiny. 2015, T.R. Richmond, What She Left, Penguin Books, page 300:
   • This lack of a new generation of these Hobbitesque living sculptures becomes more serious as the older ones die or are removed for whatever reason and are not replaced. 2005, Dan Dagget, Gardeners of Eden: Rediscovering Our Importance to Nature, Thatcher Charitable Trust, page 97:
   • The separate entrance to the bedrooms is hobbitesque. It leads to four rooms, all leading in turn to a mystical spiral staircase. 2008, Ecoescape: Ireland, Markham Publishing, page 30:

Forms

Synonyms

hobbity · hobbitlike · hobbitish