Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The condition of being a dog; dogs collectively.

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  • noun The state or time of being a dog.

Etymologies

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dog +‎ -hood

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Examples

  • If a boy and a puppy might grow to manhood and doghood together; and together grow old, and so in due course die, many a heartache might be avoided.

    The Case of Old Drum: An Inspiring Story Every Dog Owner Should Know 2010

  • If a boy and a puppy might grow to manhood and doghood together; and together grow old, and so in due course die, many a heartache might be avoided.

    The Case of Old Drum: An Inspiring Story Every Dog Owner Should Know 2010

  • Elvis has just reached manhood—well, doghood—when Dad comes home one night, all excited.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • Elvis has just reached manhood—well, doghood—when Dad comes home one night, all excited.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • Elvis has just reached manhood—well, doghood—when Dad comes home one night, all excited.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • Penny's mellower - having had time to reflect on her early doghood experiences - but she still stands in rapt attention whenever the chance for food presents itself.

    Karen Leland: Mindful Eating: 4 Ways To Practice 2009

  • Fs (or at least one F) but you do not have to believe in Fness; for instance, if we assent to ˜There are some dogs™, then we are committed to believing in the existence of some dogs, but we are not thereby committed to believing in the existence of the property of doghood.

    Platonism in Metaphysics Balaguer, Mark 2009

  • I think he just apologized on behalf of all doghood, Ron said.

    The Messenger Jan Burke 2008

  • As his puppy grew to doghood, Joe realized that this creature had as distinct and individual a personality as any human being, and that his liquid brown eyes contained at least as much soul.

    Excerpt: The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout 2005

  • Interpreters disagree about whether the doghood that is in Fido is best regarded as the universal, or as the particular instance of the universal doghood, other dogs exemplifying numerically different instances of the same universal.

    Substance Robinson, Howard 2004

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