PUPPIED

Verb

puppied

simple past tense and past participle of puppy

Source: Wiktionary


PUPPY

Pup"py, n.; pl. Puppies. Etym: [F. poupée doll, puppet. See Puppet, and cf. Pup, n.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp.

2. A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person. I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm. Addison.

Pup"py, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puppied; p. pr. & vb. n. Puppying.]

Definition: To bring forth whelps; to pup.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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