Doglessness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being without a dog. uncountable
"If they had lived to threescore years and ten, man and dog might have travelled through life together, but as it is we must either have a succession of affections, or else, when the first is buried in its early grave, live in a chill condition of doglessness."
Example
More examples"If they had lived to threescore years and ten, man and dog might have travelled through life together, but as it is we must either have a succession of affections, or else, when the first is buried in its early grave, live in a chill condition of doglessness."
Etymology
From dogless + -ness.
More for "doglessness"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.