kitchendom
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From kitchen + -dom (suffix denoting a domain or jurisdiction).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)ndəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)nˌdəm/
- Hyphenation: kit‧chen‧dom
Noun[edit]
kitchendom (uncountable)
- (dated) The domain of the kitchen or people who work there. [from mid 19th c.]
- 1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 79:
- What knowest thou of flowers, except, belike / To garnish meats with? hath not our good King / Who lent me thee, the flower of kitchendom, / A foolish love of flowers?
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Translations[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “kitchendom, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2023; “kitchendom, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading[edit]
kitchen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “kitchendom”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pekʷ-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-
- English terms suffixed with -dom
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English dated terms
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