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dogged (adj.)
"having the qualities of a dog" (mostly in a negative sense), c. 1300, from
dog
(n.). Meaning "persistent" is from 1779. Hence
doggedly
(late 14c.), "cruelly, maliciously;" later "with a dog's persistence" (1773). Related:
Doggedness
.
