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bailiwick
[
bey
-l
uh
-wik
]
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Origin
bail·i·wick
/
ˈbeɪ
ləˌwɪk
/
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[
bey
-l
uh
-wik
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
the district within
which
a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
2.
a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work:
to confine suggestions to one's own bailiwick.
Origin:
1425–75;
late Middle English,
equivalent to
baili-
bailie
+
wick
wick
3
Related forms
sub·bail·i·wick,
noun
Synonyms
2.
domain, department, sphere, territory, turf.
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Yet the multi-industry on-line malls will probably be the
bailiwick
of a few major companies with deep pockets and patience.
Patterns of polygamy and monogamy are also the
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Yet the multi-industry on-line malls will probably be the
bailiwick
of a few major companies with deep pockets and patience.
Patterns of polygamy and monogamy are also the
bailiwick
of behavioral research.
The professional
bailiwick
we've staked out is the empyrean of pure thought.
The prediction game has generally been the
bailiwick
of science fiction, and many authors have shown startling foresight.
It was patterned after the old system of county sheriffs who had control in their
bailiwick
and prison inmates working for them.
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World English Dictionary
bailiwick
(ˈbeɪlɪwɪk)
—
n
1.
law
the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
2.
a person's special field of interest, authority, or skill
[C15: from
baili(e)
+
wick
²]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
bailiwick
"district of a bailiff," mid-15c., baillifwik, from
bailiff
(q.v.) + O.E. wic "village" (see
wick
(2)). Figurative sense of "one's natural or proper sphere" is first recorded 1843.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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