doggish

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle English doggische, doggissh; equivalent to dog +‎ -ish.

Adjective

[edit]

doggish (comparative more doggish, superlative most doggish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dog.
    Synonyms: doggy, doglike
    • 1998 December 4, Roberta Smith, “ART IN REVIEW; 'The Risk of Existence'”, in The New York Times[1]:
      The show's high point is Jim Nutt's "Pug," an image of a woman whose slightly doggish face and coiled hair has all the concentrated perfection of a Northern Renaissance portrait.
  2. Resembling a mongrel dog, notably in its worst qualities.
    Synonym: currish
  3. Stylish in a showy way. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]