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dog O.E. docga, a late, rare word used of a powerful breed of canine. It forced out O.E. hund (the general Germanic and IE word; see canine) by 16c. and subsequently was picked up in many continental languages (cf. Fr. dogue, Dan. dogge), but the origin remains one of the great mysteries of English etymology.
The dog's name is Nox, which is Latin for night. Father Brown makes a reference to his absent associate, Flambeaux. The Oracle of the Dog is adapted from the third of Chesterton's collections of Father Brown stories, The Incredulity of Father Brown.