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ˈhoundish, a.
[f. hound n.1 + -ish.]
Of the nature of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish, canine.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xx. (1495), Two of the teeth hyghte Canini, houndysshe, to the lyknesse of houndes teeth. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2. Peter ii. 22 The houndish servility of base minds. 1830Examiner 563/1 They have a houndish regard to the troughs of the kennel. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers I. 279 [They] employed snaky, houndish, and dragon-like animals for ornaments upon their crosses. |