hobbledehoy

Significat (Anglès)

An awkward adolescent youth.

Sinònims

juvenile

stripling

young shaver

Traduccions

αδέξιος μπούφος νεαρός

adolescente

giovinetto

ragazzotto

👦

yeni yetme

yeniyetme

toy ergen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈhɒbəldihɔɪ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb francès: hobereau

Cognat amb francès antic: hoi

In summary

From Scots. Compare dialectal English hobbledygee (“(with a) limping movement”); also French hobereau (“country squire”), English hobby, and Old French hoi (“today”); the original sense may have been "an upstart of today".