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dog Latin

noun

  1. mongrel or spurious Latin.
  2. a jargon imitating Latin.


dog Latin

noun

  1. spurious or incorrect Latin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dog Latin1

First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences

It was perhaps from this, or some similar occurrence, that this barbarous Latin gained the name of dog-Latin.

Who ever bought, who ever read, those cloudy tomes in dog Latin?

The dog Latin of the Middle Ages had a reason for its creation of the verb denasare.

Beneath the capitals of the two columns are the following inscriptions in rough letters and dog Latin.

The dog-Latin of the fellow of Trinity is inimitable, while there is a peculiarly roguish delicacy about his humour.

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