Hobbit

Morpheme

Hobbit

Type

free base

Denotation

fictitious small humanlike creatures that dwell underground

Etymology

1937 coinage by J. R. R. Tolkien

Evidence

hobbit, hobbitic, hobbitish, hobbitlike, hobbitness, hobbitry, hobbits, hobbitses, hobbity

Notes

<t> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

Homographs

Hobbit