Hopefully I see all you wonderful hobbiest there!!
Originally Posted by *.EnticingOrchids.*
grammar nazi approaches: the est or iest is the superlative form .. that is, tasty, tastier (comparative, more tasty), tastiest (superlative, most tasty). or pretty, prettier, prettiest, the most pretty. smutty ... smuttiest, the most smutty and so forth. so, hobbiest would be ... 'the most hobby" which was not your intent.
the word you wanted to indicate someone to participates or practices, would end in "ist" and the "y" would not be dropped. an individual practicing or participating in the hobby would be "a hobbyist".
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hobbyist#English
coming soon: proper use of your and you're; there, their, and they're