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puppyisms

puppyisms is the plural of puppyism.

Meaning of puppyism

Noun

puppyism (countable and uncountable, plural puppyisms)

  1. (archaic) Extreme meanness or impudence.
    • There is a puppyism in infidelity for which I have no patience.1847, Thomas Chalmers, sermon
  2. (dated, literary) 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

Questions about puppyisms

What is puppyisms the plural of?
Puppyisms is the plural of puppyism.

Words near puppyisms in the dictionary

  1. puppyhoods
  2. puppying
  3. puppyish
  4. puppyishly
  5. puppyism
  6. puppyisms
  7. puppyless
  8. puppylike
  9. puppyplay
  10. puppysat
  11. puppyship

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