hobbit

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noun hobbit a member of a race of imaginary creatures related to and resembling humans, living in underground holes and characterized by their good nature, diminutive size, and hairy feet. 1
noun hobbit a nickname for Homo floresiensis. 1
noun hobbit A member of an imaginary race similar to humans, of small size and with hairy feet, in stories by J. R. R. Tolkien. 1
noun Definition of hobbit in Technology A Scheme to C compiler by Tanel Tammet <[email protected]>. Hobbit attempts to retain most of the original Scheme program structure, making the output C program readable and modifiable. Hobbit is written in Scheme and is able to self-compile. Hobbit release 1 works together with the scm release scm4b3. Future releases of scm and hobbit will be coordinated. 2. The non-ITS name of <[email protected]> (*Hobbit*), master of lasers. 1
noun Technical meaning of hobbit High order bit. The most significant bit (of a byte). Also known as the meta bit or high bit. 1
noun hobbit mythical small humanoid creature 1

before 1937

One of the 8% newest English words

1937; coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in his fantasy novel “The Hobbit”

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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