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dobby¹

Rhymes with -ɒbi

Where it comes from

From Dobby. Sense “household ghost” from Dob, variant of Rob.

noun dobbies · dobbie

  1. countable, uncountable A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns.
  2. countable, uncountable The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns.
  3. countable, uncountable An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household. He understood Greek, Latin, and Hebrew; and, therefore, according to the apprehension, and in the phrase of his brother Wilfred, needed not to care “for ghaist or bar-ghaist, devil or dobbie.”
  4. archaic, countable, uncountable A dotard.

    Similar: dodipole, mimmerkin, dobby, dotard, dote, dotel, doter, dottle

  5. uncountable The children's game of tag.

Dobby²

Rhymes with -ɒbi

Where it comes from

From Dobbie.

proper noun

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A male given name.

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@misc{dobby_2026,
  title = {dobby},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dobby},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}