dog's-earedadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɒɡzɪəd/, U.S.

/ˈdɔɡzˌɪ(ə)rd/,

/ˈdɑɡzˌɪ(ə)rd/

Forms: 1700s– dogs-eared, 1700s– dog's-eared.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dog's-ear v., -ed suffix¹; dog's ear n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: Either < dog's-ear v. + -ed suffix¹, or < dog's ear n. + -ed suffix². Compare dog-eared adj.

Now rare.

= dog-eared adj.In quot. 1820 in extended use: ‘shabby, threadbare’.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [adjective] > of book: having leaf corners folded down

dog's-eared1753

dog-eared1767

dog-leaved1842

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxx. 215 He had a dog's-ear'd common-prayer book in his hand, which once had been gilt.

1763 London Mag. May 272/2 High on a shelf, neglected and forlorn, Lay Dictionary, dusty, dogs-ear'd, torn.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 402 A dog's-ear'd Pentateuch.

1820 W. Combe Second Tour Dr. Syntax xxxiii. 256 Doom'd to pass their dog's ear'd lives, As ever-moving fugitives.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxiv. 227 A few dog's-eared books upon a high shelf.

1858 G. J. Whyte-Melville Interpreter vi. 39 How I hate Virgil whilst I bend over those dog's-eared leaves and that uncomfortable desk.

1905 V. Colby Jrnl. 10 Nov. in M. H. Carpenter Sara Teasdale (1960) 73 She knew it would be dog's-eared and skinny and flippy-floppy like the Ladies' Home Journal.

1950 C. Garnett tr. I. S. Turgenev Fathers & Sons 160 Vassily Ivanovitch..took counsel with Timofeitch,..pulling out with trembling fingers one dog's-eared ruble note after another.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dogs-eared
释义	dog's-earedadj. Brit. /ˈdɒɡzɪəd/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡzˌɪ(ə)rd/, /ˈdɑɡzˌɪ(ə)rd/ Forms: 1700s– dogs-eared, 1700s– dog's-eared. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dog's-ear v., -ed suffix¹; dog's ear n., -ed suffix². Etymology: Either < dog's-ear v. + -ed suffix¹, or < dog's ear n. + -ed suffix². Compare dog-eared adj. Now rare. = dog-eared adj.In quot. 1820 in extended use: ‘shabby, threadbare’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [adjective] > of book: having leaf corners folded down dog's-eared1753 dog-eared1767 dog-leaved1842 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxx. 215 He had a dog's-ear'd common-prayer book in his hand, which once had been gilt. 1763 London Mag. May 272/2 High on a shelf, neglected and forlorn, Lay Dictionary, dusty, dogs-ear'd, torn. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 402 A dog's-ear'd Pentateuch. View more context for this quotation 1820 W. Combe Second Tour Dr. Syntax xxxiii. 256 Doom'd to pass their dog's ear'd lives, As ever-moving fugitives. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxiv. 227 A few dog's-eared books upon a high shelf. 1858 G. J. Whyte-Melville Interpreter vi. 39 How I hate Virgil whilst I bend over those dog's-eared leaves and that uncomfortable desk. 1905 V. Colby Jrnl. 10 Nov. in M. H. Carpenter Sara Teasdale (1960) 73 She knew it would be dog's-eared and skinny and flippy-floppy like the Ladies' Home Journal. 1950 C. Garnett tr. I. S. Turgenev Fathers & Sons 160 Vassily Ivanovitch..took counsel with Timofeitch,..pulling out with trembling fingers one dog's-eared ruble note after another. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1753
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