houndish

adjective

1. Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.

   This the "free" burgher of our Civilisation calls "houndish fidelity," with a contemptuous accent on the "hound."

Where it comes from

From Middle English houndisch, equivalent to hound + -ish. Compare Dutch honds (“doglike”), German hündisch (“houndish; doglike”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry houndish (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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