puppyism
Syllables: pup·py·ism/ˈpʌpiɪz(ə)m/US/ˈpəpiˌɪzəm/
puppyism noun: extreme meanness or impudence.
Noun
puppyism (countable and uncountable, plural puppyisms)
- Extreme meanness or impudence.
- There is a puppyism in infidelity for which I have no patience.1847, Thomas Chalmers, sermon
- Conceit, vanity, or arrogant behaviour, especially that of a pretentious or self-important young man.
- Marianne was spared from the troublesome feelings of contempt and resentment, on this impertinent examination of their features, and on the puppyism of his manner in deciding on all the different horrors of the different toothpick-cases presented to his inspection, by remaining unconscious of it...1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
- I think him a very handsome young man, and his manners are precisely what I like and approve—so truly the gentleman, without the least conceit or puppyism.1816, Jane Austen, Emma
Forms of puppyism
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Origin of puppyism
From puppy + -ism.
Questions about puppyism
- What does puppyism mean?
- Puppyism means extreme meanness or impudence.
- What part of speech is puppyism?
- Puppyism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce puppyism?
- Puppyism is pronounced /ˈpʌpiɪz(ə)m/ (UK).
- What is the plural of puppyism?
- The plural of puppyism is puppyisms.
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