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doglessness

doglessness noun: the state of being without a dog.

Noun

doglessness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being without a dog.
    • If they had lived to threescore years and ten, man and dog might have travelled through life together, but as it is we must either have a succession of affections, or else, when the first is buried in its early grave, live in a chill condition of doglessness.1874, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Chapters on animals, page 19
    • As for dogs not being able to think, anyone who can entertain such an idea deserves to live in "a chill condition of doglessness" to the end of his days.1891 November 25, “The Matchmaker”, in The Day, New London, CT, page 7

Origin of doglessness

From dogless + -ness.

Questions about doglessness

What does doglessness mean?
Doglessness means the state of being without a dog.
What part of speech is doglessness?
Doglessness is a noun.

Words near doglessness in the dictionary

  1. doglegged
  2. doglegging
  3. doglegs
  4. dogless
  5. doglessly
  6. doglessness
  7. doglet
  8. doglets
  9. doglike
  10. dogliness
  11. dogling

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