puppyhoodn.
/ˈpʌpɪhʊd/, U.S. /ˈpəpiˌhʊd/ 1. The state or condition of being a puppy or young dog; the early period of a dog's life.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > puppy > state of being (like)
puppyhood1751
puppyishness1879
1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little i. iii. 13 The puppyhood of little Pompey.
1848 J. Mills Life Foxhound i When I was at walk at the home of my puppyhood, the hospitable farm-house.
1881 G. Allen Evolutionist at Large 185 When a dog has once been brought up from puppyhood under a master.
1904 St. Nicholas Sept. 1029/1 The children fed him by hand on minced bread and milk, and soon his puppyhood waxed into doghood.
2006 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 18 June a31 During puppy-hood there is an opportunity to develop good people-skills in puppies.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > pertness or brashness
sauciness1534
pertness1573
puppyism1776
sauce1786
puppyhood1849
puppydom1855
puppyishness1879
freshness1880
brashness1883
whipper-snapping1925
1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. iii. 79 That six feet of puppyhood makes a perpetually recurring eclipse of our friendship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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