单词 | dogginess |
释义 | dogginessn. The quality or fact of being ‘doggy’ (in various senses); doggy nature. See doggy adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs dogginess1865 caniculturea1888 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > condition or nature of doghooda1639 caninity1794 dogginess1865 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 388 An inherent dogginess or earwigginess. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vi. 117 The St. Aubyn girls..finding him a kindred spirit in horseyness and doggyness. 1915 J. Webster Dear Enemy 7 They had never seen the like of Sing, and thought that I was introducing a wolf into the fold. I reassured them as to his dogginess. 1969 Times 29 Oct. 8/6 I even know people who delight in the dogginess of dogs and the cattiness of cats. 2003 New Yorker 3 Feb. 89/1 Of course, things have happened to dogs,..and dog breeds have changed over time. But has dogginess itself changed? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865 |
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