Full record for hobbitlike adj.
| Definition | like a hobbit |
| OED requirements | any evidence 1964 |
| Earliest cite | J.R.R. Tolkien, letter to Naomi Mitchison |
| Comment | Mark English submitted a cite in a letter dated 23rd April 1954, from JRR Tolkien to Naomi Mitchison (reprinted in The Letters of JRR Tolkien, ed. Humphrey Carpenter, 1981: there are also several later letters reprinted here that use the term). Katrina Campbell submitted a 1998 cite from "Thin Air" by Greg Child. Katrina Campbell submitted a 2001 cite from "The Lord of the Rings: the mythology of power" by Jane Chance. Adam Buchbinder submitted a 2007 cite for "hobbit-like" from an article, "Homologising the Mind" in the "Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology" We would be interested in any earlier use by Tolkien, and any use of the term by other writers, of any date. |
| Last modified | 14 May, 2009 |