Hobbit (word)
The invention of the word hobbit is traditionally ascribed to J. R. R. Tolkien, whose The Hobbit was first published in 1937. The Oxford English Dictionary since the 1970s has credited Tolkien with the invention of the word. Since then, however, it has been noted that there is prior evidence of the word, in a 19th century list of legendary creatures. In 1971, Tolkien stated that he remembered making up the word himself, admitting that there was nothing but his "nude parole" to support the claim that he was uninfluenced by similar words of the hobgoblin family.
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Hobbit (word) - Evidence of Earlier Use
... The only source known today that makes reference to hobbitsin any sort of historical context is the Denham Tracts by Michael Aislabie Denham ... The term hobbitis listed in the context of "boggleboes, bogies, redmen, portunes, grants, hobbits hobgoblins, brown-men, cowies, dunnies" ... hobbit— J ...
... The only source known today that makes reference to hobbitsin any sort of historical context is the Denham Tracts by Michael Aislabie Denham ... The term hobbitis listed in the context of "boggleboes, bogies, redmen, portunes, grants, hobbits hobgoblins, brown-men, cowies, dunnies" ... hobbit— J ...