dogged1
[daw-gid, dog-id]
- persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker.
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Origin of dogged1
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Contemporary Examples
The story is a classic of doggedness, cleverness, and a little luck.
To a stranger listening to a story that sounded like another Plagues of Egypt, their doggedness seemed inexplicable.
Lund loses her identity amid her doggedness to pursue the killer.
This fearlessness and doggedness makes him a natural soul mate of The Daily Beast.
Historical Examples
"It was as good as suicide," insisted the General, with doggedness.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
And yet, somehow, the British doggedness does not always answer.
The Christmas BooksWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
The sinister look in the eyes, the doggedness of the face did not change.
“I want to do it,” replied Miss Ramsbotham, a note of doggedness in her voice.
Tommy and Co.Jerome K. Jerome
He was then so near home that the impulse of doggedness kept him on foot.
The Dust FlowerBasil King
dogged
- obstinately determined; wilful or tenacious
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Word Origin and History for doggedness
dogged
adj.
"having the qualities of a dog" (mostly in a negative sense), c.1300, from dog (n.). Meaning "persistent" is from 1779. Hence doggedly (late 14c.), "cruelly, maliciously;" later "with a dog's persistence" (1773). Related: Doggedness.
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