hobbledehoy

Senso (Inglese)

An awkward adolescent youth.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈhɒbəldihɔɪ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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".

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