¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caninity
1. the state of being a canine [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caninity
Literary usage of Caninity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Field of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Study of Philosophy by Joseph Alexander Leighton (1919)
"Mathematical relations, logical relations, class terms or class concepts such as
humanity, caninity; ideas of value, (good, evil, beautiful) ; these are ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1887)
"Nor think this maudlin sentiment, ye whose acquaintance with caninity does not
pass beyond a patting and " good dog " recognition—ye who treat the dog as a ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"... going to wear a bustle to church — she was: 8he was n't going to wear any
thing else !' An ancient specimen of caninity, in the shape of a blear-eyed, ..."
4. Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mrs Charlotte (Perkins) Stetson Gilman (1898)
"... the eternal sexual — is more apparent in proportion to her humanity than the
femininity of other animals in proportion to their caninity or felinity or ..."
5. The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, with Notes by Thomas James Mathias (1801)
"I surely may be excused for this metaphorical caninity, if Mr. Bryant himself
has been allowed to declare, without censure, that Kt/vff signify 'Oi' ..."
6. Lectures on the Philosophy of Kant and Other Philosophical Lectures & Essays by Henry Sidgwick (1905)
"... but we do not in this case quantify the identical somewhat : the idea of a
quantum of ' caninity ' that is not increased or decreased is absurd to us. ..."
7. Footnotes to Evolution: A Series of Popular Addresses on the Evolution of Life by David Starr Jordan, Edwin Grant Conklin, Frank Mace McFarland, James Perrin Smith (1898)
"The movement of cat life is toward felinity, that of the dog races toward caninity.
Each step in evolution upward or downward, whatever it may be, ..."
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