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dog Latin
noun
- mongrel or spurious Latin.
- a jargon imitating Latin.
dog Latin
noun
- spurious or incorrect Latin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dog Latin1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
It was perhaps from this, or some similar occurrence, that this barbarous Latin gained the name of dog-Latin.
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Who ever bought, who ever read, those cloudy tomes in dog Latin?
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The dog Latin of the Middle Ages had a reason for its creation of the verb denasare.
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Beneath the capitals of the two columns are the following inscriptions in rough letters and dog Latin.
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The dog-Latin of the fellow of Trinity is inimitable, while there is a peculiarly roguish delicacy about his humour.
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