hobby1
n.
(pl. hobbies)
- an activity done regularly for pleasure.
- archaic a small horse or pony.
Etymology
ME (in sense ‘small horse’, later ‘toy horse or hobby horse’) hobyn, hoby, from familiar forms of the given name Robin.
hobby2
n.
(pl. hobbies)
a small migratory falcon which hunts birds and insects on the wing.
[
Falco subbuteo.]
Etymology
ME: from OFr. hobet, dimin. of hobe ‘falcon’.
