dogge

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A form of dog — The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.

OriginMiddle English dogge ← Old English docga →
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Meanings

noundogge (plural dogges)

plural dogges

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of dog.

    [T]hey ſay he has dialogues, and diſcourſes betweene his horſe, himſelfe, and his dogge; […]

    1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature E ij, verso

Origin

  1. Old Englishdocga
  2. Middle Englishdogge
  3. Englishdogge

From Middle English dogge, from Old English docga, dogga.

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APA

dogge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogge

MLA

“dogge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dogge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogge.

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