hoverchair

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noun

A chair that levitates.

OriginEnglish chair ← Middle English chayere ← Old French chaiere →
Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nounhoverchair (plural hoverchairs)

plural hoverchairs

  1. literatureA chair that levitates.

    He built his first hoverchair all by himself out of scavenged parts when he was only eight! And ever since, he's continued to upgrade it.

    2006, Carolyn Hill, Bead's Pickle
    1 more example

    He touched the controller hanging from the belt around his waist. His hoverchair rose in the corner and glided over to him, positioning itself at his side.

    2005, Gregory Bernard Banks, Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death and Life

Origin

  1. Englishhover
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  5. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  6. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  9. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  10. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  11. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  12. Latincathedra
  13. Old Frenchchaiere
  14. Middle Englishchayere
  15. Englishchair
  16. Englishhoverchair

From hover + chair.

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Cite this entry
APA

hoverchair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoverchair

MLA

“hoverchair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoverchair. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoverchair,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoverchair.

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