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dogdom

dogdom noun: the state or essence of being a dog.

Noun

dogdom (uncountable)

  1. The state or essence of being a dog.
    • What the first dogs had, like the last wolves, was what I call dogginess. Dogginess is the essence of dogdom writ large. Clearly the first dogs had dogginess, or we would not recognize them as related to modern dogs, but they certainly were not dogs as we know them now.2021, Pat Shipman, Our Oldest Companions: The Story of the First Dogs, page 29
    Synonyms:
    doghood

Synonyms of dogdom

Origin of dogdom

From dog + -dom.

Questions about dogdom

What does dogdom mean?
Dogdom means the state or essence of being a dog.
What part of speech is dogdom?
Dogdom is a noun.

Words near dogdom in the dictionary

  1. dogcow
  2. dogcows
  3. dogdays
  4. dogdoctor
  5. dogdoctors
  6. dogdom
  7. dogdraw
  8. Dogdyke
  9. doge
  10. DOGE bro
  11. DOGE bros

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