dogliness

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noun

The state, quality, or condition of being dogly.

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Meanings

noundogliness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state, quality, or condition of being dogly.

    The moment when the wolf took its first step toward dogliness is no more specific than any other moment in evolutionary history.

    2019, Maggie Ryan Sandford, Consider the Platypus
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    My own observations would endorse that concept, especially in the case of Dido, my ninth dog and first Labrador, who epitomizes the spirit of dogliness more than any other I have encountered.

    1995, Chapman Pincher, My Life as a Real Dog, page ix

Origin

From dogly + -ness.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

godliness
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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