doggishness

English

Etymology

From doggish +‎ -ness.

Noun

doggishness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being doggish.
    • 1977 February 20, Glenn Collins, “Shaggy dog story”, in The New York Times[1]:
      We love them, despite their dirty doggishness for their servility and dependence and devotion.