dogliness

English

Etymology

From dogly +‎ -ness.

Noun

dogliness (uncountable)

1. The state, quality, or condition of being dogly.
   • 1995, Chapman Pincher, My Life as a Real Dog, page ix:

     My own observations would endorse that concept, especially in the case of Dido, my ninth dog and first Labrador, who epitomizes the spirit of dogliness more than any other I have encountered.

   • 2019, Maggie Ryan Sandford, Consider the Platypus:

     The moment when the wolf took its first step toward dogliness is no more specific than any other moment in evolutionary history.

Anagrams

• godliness