Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

houndly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hound-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, like, or characteristic of hounds or dogs; doglike; dogly; canine.

Example Sentences

"[...] all of which really ought to be secondary considerations to those two houndly gifts, the keen, discriminating sense of smell, and ready, truthful tongue."
"Of course, I knew he couldn't read; we loved this basset for his extraordinary beauty and houndly bouquet, not his brains. But he had been quite the book-hound as a youngster, [...]"
"But nothing compares to the adoring look in those houndly eyes, nor the profound sigh of bliss when that large head is lowered onto your lap to receive gentle [...]"

Etymology

From Middle English houndly, houndely, from Old English hundlīċ (“of or like dogs, canine”), equivalent to hound + -ly. Cognate with Middle Dutch hondelike (“doglike”), Middle High German huntlich (“doglike”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: houndly, hundlīċ
Suffix: hound

Inflected Forms

houndlier (comparative) more houndly (comparative) houndliest (superlative) most houndly (superlative)

Questions

What does houndly mean?: Of, like, or characteristic of hounds or dogs; doglike; dogly; canine.
Where does houndly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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