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dogeared

dogeared is the alternative form of dog-eared.

dogeared is the simple past and past participle of dogear.

Meaning of dog-eared

Adjective

dog-eared (comparative more dog-eared, superlative most dog-eared)

  1. Of a page in a book or other publication: having its corner folded down, either due to having been read many times, or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.
    • By thumbing to the dog-eared pages, she quickly found the items in the catalog she wanted to order.
  2. (figuratively) Ragged, worn-out; also, hackneyed, tired.
    • This is the old, old pain come home once more,
      Bent down with answers wild and very lame
      For all my delving in old dog-eared lore
      That drove the Sages mad. And boots the world
      Aught for their wisdom?1919, Francis Ledwidge, The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge, An Old Pain

Forms of dogeared

comparativemore dogeared
superlativemost dogeared

Origin of dogeared

From dog + eared.

Questions about dogeared

What is dogeared the alternative form of?
Dogeared is the alternative form of dog-eared.

Words near dogeared in the dictionary

  1. doge
  2. DOGE bro
  3. DOGE bros
  4. DOGE'd
  5. dogear
  6. dogeared
  7. dogearing
  8. dogears
  9. dogeate
  10. dogeater
  11. dogeaters

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