housebroken

[hous-broh-kuhn]

adjective

1. (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.

Word History and Origins

Origin of housebroken¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; house + broken

Example Sentences

After the increasingly disastrous three “Jurassic World” movies, which were vacuums of appeal as their star Chris Pratt plodded about bemoaning his precious housebroken velociraptors, the “Jurassic” series desperately needed a shot in the arm.

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“It helps with housebreaking, although the person who found her said she seemed housebroken.”

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Not to mention the fact that he isn’t housebroken, chews, bites like all puppies do, and we have a dog that goes absolutely insane around other dogs, getting very rough.

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One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.

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I fully expect to read he’s been housebroken in recent weeks.

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Related Words

• docile 
• gentle 
• harmless 
• manageable 
• mild 
• subdued