spitz
/spɪts
/noun
A dog of a small breed with a pointed muzzle, especially a Pomeranian.That alert, quick-response nature typifies all spitz dogs today, including the Pomeranian, who, size notwithstanding, reflects most of the characteristics of the spitz....
- A cousin to the spitz type dogs, this pampered lap dog once called the arctic home.
- Any one owning a spitz could argue that they were only partially successful unless compared to the likes of the Beagle or Afghan breeds.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from German Spitz(hund), from spitz 'pointed' + Hund 'dog'.
Rhymes
- superionic
- superior
- superiorate
- superior conjunction
- superior court
- superioress
- superiority
- superiority complex
- Superior, Lake
- superiorly
- superior maxilla
- superior mediastinum
- superior meridian
- superiorness
- superior planet
- superiorship
- superior slope
- superius
- superjacent
- superjection
- superjet
- super-jumbo
- superkingdom
- superlabial
- superlapsarian