dog-ear

See also: dogear and dog ear

English

Etymology
A dog-ear on the page of a book.

The noun is a variant of dog's-ear,[1] from dog +‎ -’s +‎ ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs.[2]

The verb is either:[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

dog-ear (plural dog-ears)

  1. The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.

Alternative forms

Translations
folded corner of the page of a book or other publication

Verb

dog-ear (third-person singular simple present dog-ears, present participle dog-earing, simple past and past participle dog-eared)

  1. (transitive) To fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication).
    • 1955 October 19, Rex Stout, Die Like a Dog, Three Witnesses, 94 Bantam, →ISBN, page 164:
      His eyes went to his book and stayed there long enough to finish a paragraph. He dog-eared it and put it down.

Alternative forms

Translations
to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)

References
  1. “dog-ear, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
  2. “dog’s ear, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
  3. “dog-ear, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “dog-ear, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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