gazehound

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English

WOTD – 26 August 2023

Etymology

PIE word
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The borzoi is a breed of gazehound or sighthound.

From gaze (noun) +‎ hound.

Pronunciation

Noun

gazehound (plural gazehounds)

  1. Synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”).
    Coordinate term: scent hound

Alternative forms

Translations

synonym of sighthound — see sighthound

References

  1. ^ “gaze-hound, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2022.
  2. ^ “gazehound, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.

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