Associations to the word «Hobbit»

Wiktionary

HOBBIT, noun. A fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
HOBBIT, noun. An extinct species of hominin, Homo floresiensis, with a short body and relatively small brain, fossils of which have been recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores.
HOBBIT, noun. A Welsh unit of weight, equal to four Welsh pecks, or 168 pounds
HOBBIT, noun. (archaic) An old unit of volume (2½ bushels, the volume of 168 pounds of wheat).

Dictionary definition

HOBBIT, noun. An imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley