† puppilyadj.
Obsolete.
Characteristic of a puppy; puppy-like.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > pert or brash
pertc1405
skipjack1598
puppily1682
whelpish1688
saucy1710
owdacious1751
minxing1767
puppyish1775
puppy-like1792
brash1824
pertish1836
cheekish1838
uppish1841
tossy1848
fly1884
soubrettish1891
whipper-snapping1925
in your face1975
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > of a puppy
puppily1748
puppyish1826
1682 Heraclitus Ridens 9 May 2/2 He has found out a new Tory-Popish-Plot upon his Puppily Courant; some body or other, if he don't lye, made his Printer tipsie.
1692 T. D'Urfey Marriage-hater Match'd iii. ii. 28 A thilly ugly, nathly, pimping, cowardly, tholdierly, rathcally, puppily Fellow ath ye are, to dare to affront me so.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. i. 11 This impertinent heart is more troublesome to me than my conscience... I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice, and roughen my character, to keep up with its puppily dancings.
1795 R. Cumberland First Love iii. 47 I wish you wou'd..not insult my ears with that puppily word honor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1682