English Explanatory Dictionary

houndish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

houndish more houndish most houndish

Etymology

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

Related words

houndly houndy
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