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dogliness en · NOUN

Etymology

From dogly + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being dogly.
    • The moment when the wolf took its first step toward dogliness is no more specific than any other moment in evolutionary history. 2019, Maggie Ryan Sandford, Consider the Platypus:
    • My own observations would endorse that concept, especially in the case of Dido, my ninth dog and first Labrador, who epitomizes the spirit of dogliness more than any other I have encountered. 1995, Chapman Pincher, My Life as a Real Dog, page ix: