单词 | dogly |
释义 | doglyadj.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of the Cynics dogly1477 cynic1637 cynical1675 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 21 Dyogenes otherwyse called dogly bycause he hadde som condicions of a dogge. 1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. I. 526 Diogenes. I know the respect thou bearest to the dogly character, and can attribute to nothing else the complacency with which thou hast listened to me. 2. Of the nature of a dog, canine. ΚΠ 1928 Times 13 Apr. 15/5 We have all known and loved dogs who could do tricks and yet possess the obviously dogly virtues. 1942 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 4 Aug. in War within & Without (1980) 284 Perhaps that is the true fulfillment of ‘dog’—a ‘dogly dog’, as Chaucer would say, should be pure devotion perhaps. 1992 R. Advani in First Fictions Introd. 11 11 Their function in life was sensibly dogly—to guard houses night and day, preferably on no food at all, so that their bark and bite might achieve an equal ferocity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † doglyadv. Obsolete. rare. In the manner of a dog. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Doglye or lyke a dogge or after the maner of a dogge, canatim. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1477adv.1552 |
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