undomestic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ domestic

Adjective[edit]

undomestic (comparative more undomestic, superlative most undomestic)

  1. Not domestic.
    • 1896, William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. III[1]:
      Yet one word more of personal concern-- Since I withdrew unwillingly from France, I led an undomestic wanderer's life, 350 In London chiefly harboured, whence I roamed, Tarrying at will in many a pleasant spot Of rural England's cultivated vales Or Cambrian solitudes.
    • 1914, Elia Wilkinson Peattie, The Precipice[2]:
      Kate knew it was not really home, but she had to admit that these busy undomestic moderns had found a good substitute for it: or, at least, that, taking their domesticity through the mediumship of Mrs. Dennison, they contrived to absorb enough of it to keep them going.

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