doghood
(ˈdɒghʊd)
[f. dog n.1, after manhood.]
The condition or nature of a dog; the race of dogs, dogs collectively.
| 1647 Trapp Comm. Rom. xii. 17 The world calls it [revenge] manhood, it is doghood rather. 1876 Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. vi. xliv, A lap-dog would be necessarily at a loss in framing to itself the motives and adventures of doghood at large. |