dogged

English

Etymology 1

From the verb to dog.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒɡd/
• (US) enPR: dôgd, IPA^(key): /dɔɡd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /dɑɡd/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡd, -ɔɡd, -ɑɡd

Verb

dogged

1. simple past and past participle of dog
   • 1903, Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh:

     At night proctors patrolled the street and dogged your steps if you tried to go into any haunt where the presence of vice was suspected.

   • 2019 December 4, Richard Clinnick, “New Trains Special”, in Rail, page 16:

     They will replace the four five-car Class 180 Adelantes [...] that have been dogged by poor reliability.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dogged, doggid, doggyd (“characteristics similar to that of a dog”), equivalent to dog +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dŏg'ĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈdɒɡɪd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: dôg'ĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɡɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡɪd, -ɔɡɪd

Adjective

dogged (comparative more dogged, superlative most dogged)

1. stubbornly persevering, steadfast

   Synonyms: committed, determined, persistent, steadfast, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:obstinate

   • 1900 April 7, Jack London, “To the Man on Trail”, in The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 114:

     Still, the dogged obstinacy of his race held him to the pace he had set, and would hold him till he dropped in his tracks.

   • 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck‎^[1]:

     Rushing out to the point above the reef, we watched the conflict between canoe and sea. When the man reached the gas boat, the screams of the boy stopped. With great risk they loaded the canoe till she began to take water. The boy bailed furiously. The long dogged pull of the man's oars challenged death inch by inch, wave by wave.

   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:

     It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.

   • 2021 March 5, Matt Hancock, quotee, “Mystery person with Brazil variant found thanks to dogged determination, says Matt Hancock”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Using the latest technology, and with the dogged determination of our testing and tracing scheme, we've successfully identified the person in question.

Derived terms

• doggedly (adverb)
• doggedness (noun)

Translations

stubbornly persevering, steadfast

• Bulgarian: твърдоглав (bg) (tvǎrdoglav)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 持續不懈／持续不懈, 持续不懈 (chíxù bùxiè)

• Dutch: hardnekkig (nl), verbeten (nl)
• Finnish: sinnikäs (fi), hellittämätön (fi), peräänantamaton (fi)
• French: tenace (fr), opiniâtre (fr), obstiné (fr)
• German: beharrlich (de), hartnäckig (de), stur (de), zäh (de), verbissen (de)
• Italian: tenace (it)
• Latin: pervicax
• Maori: whakakiriūka, kiriūka, pikoni, manawaroa, pūkeke
• Polish: uparty (pl), wytrwały (pl), zawzięty (pl)
• Portuguese: perseverante (pt), tenaz (pt), obstinado (pt)
• Romanian: perseverent (ro), tenace (ro)
• Russian: настырный (ru) m (nastyrnyj), упёртый (ru) m (upjórtyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: leanailteach
• Spanish: obstinado (es), tenaz (es), perseverante (es)

Adverb

dogged (not comparable)

1. (dated, slang) very
   • 1918, Ethel Penman Hope, Dr. Paul, page 127:

     "I'm afraid I've given him a heap of trouble. You see," he explained, looking at Paul critically, "I never thought of eating before I left town, and one gets so dogged hungry, you know walking. I say it is a long tramp, isn't it?"