dog-ear
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The noun is a variant of dog's-ear,[1] from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs.[2]
- directly from dog + ear;
- a back-formation from dog-eared; or
- a variant of dog's-ear (verb).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒɡɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/, /ˈdɑɡ-/
Noun
[edit]- The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.
Alternative forms
[edit]Translations
[edit]folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
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Verb
[edit]dog-ear (third-person singular simple present dog-ears, present participle dog-earing, simple past and past participle dog-eared)
- (transitive) To fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication).
- 1955 October 19, Rex Stout, Die Like a Dog, Three Witnesses, 94 Bantam, →ISBN, page 164:
- His eyes went to his book and stayed there long enough to finish a paragraph. He dog-eared it and put it down.
Alternative forms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)
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References
[edit]- ^ “dog-ear, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
- ^ “dog’s ear, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
- ^ “dog-ear, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “dog-ear, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
[edit]- “dog-ear” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.