dogged
English
Etymology 1
From the verb to dog.
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.: enPR: dôgd, IPA(key): /dɔɡd/
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Verb
dogged
- simple past and past participle of dog
- 1903, Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh:
- At night proctors patrolled the street and dogged your steps if you tried to go into any haunt where the presence of vice was suspected.
- 2019 December 4, Richard Clinnick, “New Trains Special”, in Rail, page 16:
- They will replace the four five-car Class 180 Adelantes [...] that have been dogged by poor reliability.
Etymology 2
From Middle English dogged, doggid, doggyd (“characteristics similar to that of a dog”), equivalent to dog + -ed.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.: enPR: dŏg'ĭd, IPA(key): /ˈdɒɡɪd/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.: enPR: dôg'ĭd, IPA(key): /ˈdɔɡɪd/
Adjective
dogged (comparative more dogged, superlative most dogged)
- stubbornly persevering, steadfast
- 1900, Jack London, The Son of the Wolf:
- Still, the dogged obstinacy of his race held him to the pace he had set, and would hold him till he dropped in his tracks.
- 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck[1]:
- Rushing out to the point above the reef, we watched the conflict between canoe and sea. When the man reached the gas boat, the screams of the boy stopped. With great risk they loaded the canoe till she began to take water. The boy bailed furiously. The long dogged pull of the man's oars challenged death inch by inch, wave by wave.
- 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
- It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.
Synonyms
- committed, determined, persistent, steadfast, tenacious
- See also Thesaurus:obstinate
Derived terms
- doggedly (adv)
- doggedness (n)
Translations
stubbornly persevering, steadfast
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Adverb
dogged (not comparable)
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