Houndish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.

    "This the "free" burgher of our Civilisation calls "houndish fidelity," with a contemptuous accent on the "hound.""

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"This the "free" burgher of our Civilisation calls "houndish fidelity," with a contemptuous accent on the "hound.""

Etymology

From Middle English houndisch, equivalent to hound + -ish. Compare Dutch honds (“doglike”), German hündisch (“houndish; doglike”).

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