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puppylike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English puppy Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English puppylike From puppy + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling a puppy.
   • The image is of the young boy next door: sad, thoughtful, pretty, and puppylike. Lyrically his songs are about being let down and stood up, about loneliness... 1990, Simon Frith, Andrew Goodwin, On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word:
   • The dog's appearance and behavior have been strongly influenced by a pervasive process of neoteny, causing it to remain more puppylike as an adult... 2001, Steven R Lindsay, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training:

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