- hobbit
- noun Etymology: coined by J.R.R. Tolkien Date: 1937 a member of a fictitious peaceful and genial race of small humanlike creatures that dwell underground
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Hobbit — Hobbit, The (1937) a very popular book by J.R.R. Tolkien. It describes the exciting and magical adventures of Bilbo Baggins, who is a hobbit, in a place called Middle Earth. →↑Lord of the Rings, the … Dictionary of contemporary English
Hobbit — 1937, coined in the fantasy tales of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 1973). On a blank leaf I scrawled: In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. I did not and do not know why. [Tolkien, letter to W.H. Auden, dated 1955] The word also turns up in a very … Etymology dictionary
Hobbit — In J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Middle earth. Known as Halflings to most and Periannath by the Elves, the word Hobbit is derived from the name Holbytlan which means hole dwellers in the… … Wikipedia
Hobbit — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hobbit (homonymie). Les Hobbits, également appelés Semi hommes ou Periannath, forment un des peuples d Hommes vivant en Terre du Milieu, dans l univers de fiction imaginé par l écrivain britannique J. R. R.… … Wikipédia en Français
Hobbit — Hobbithöhlen in Hobbingen, Auenland (Filmkulisse in Matamata) Hobbits oder Halblinge sind fiktive, menschenähnliche Wesen in der von J. R. R. Tolkien geschaffenen Fantasiewelt Mittelerde. Sie spielen in den Romanen Der kleine Hobbit und Der Herr… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hobbit — a book (1937) written by J R R Tolkien. The book is set in the imaginary world of Middle Earth. In the book, hobbits are small, friendly creatures with big feet. The main character, a hobbit called Bilbo Baggins, becomes involved in an adventure… … Universalium
hobbit — [20] The name of these small furry footed human like creatures was invented by their creator, J.R.R. Tolkien, and first appeared in public in The Hobbit (1937). It probably simply hobby 272 occurred to him as a pleasing and appropriatesounding… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
hobbit — [20] The name of these small furry footed human like creatures was invented by their creator, J.R.R. Tolkien, and first appeared in public in The Hobbit (1937). It probably simply occurred to him as a pleasing and appropriatesounding name, but… … Word origins
hobbit — noun a) A fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet. It was his thirty third birthday and already he had a little round tummy like a hobbit, b) A member of any race of small humans or hominids. Although partial remains of… … Wiktionary
Hobbit — Raza de seres antropomorfos, de baja estatura y de ambiente bucólico, que pertenece a la mitología creada por Tolkien en sus libros El Silmarillion , El Hobbit , El Señor de los Anillos y otros. Se caracterizan por su abundante vellosidad en el… … Enciclopedia Universal
hobbit — noun a member of an imaginary race similar to humans, of small size and with hairy feet, in stories by J. R. R. Tolkien. Origin 1937: invented by Tolkien in his book The Hobbit, and said by him to mean hole dweller … English new terms dictionary
