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do⋅mes⋅tic

  [duh-mes-tik]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
2. devoted to home life or household affairs.
3. tame; domesticated.
4. of or pertaining to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries: domestic trade.
5. indigenous to or produced or made within one's own country; not foreign; native: domestic goods.
–noun
6. a hired household servant.
7. something produced or manufactured in one's own country.
8. domestics, household items made of cloth, as sheets, towels, and tablecloths.
Origin:
1515–25; < L domesticus, deriv. of domus house (see dome ); r. domestique < MF

Related forms:
do⋅mes⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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do·mes·tic   (də-měs'tĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the family or household: domestic chores.

  2. Fond of home life and household affairs.

  3. Tame or domesticated. Used of animals.

  4. Of or relating to a country's internal affairs: domestic issues such as tax rates and highway construction.

  5. Produced in or indigenous to a particular country: domestic oil; domestic wine.

n.  

  1. A household servant.

    1. Cotton cloth.

    2. Household linens. Often used in the plural.

  3. A product or substance discovered in, developed in, or exported from a particular country.


[Middle English, from Old French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]
do·mes'ti·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

domestic  (adj.)
1521, from M.Fr. domestique, from L. domesticus "belonging to the household," from domus "house," from PIE *domo-/*domu- "house, household" (cf. Skt. damah "house;" Avestan demana- "house;" Gk. domos "house," despotes "master, lord;" L. dominus "master of a household;" O.C.S. domu, Rus. dom "house;" Lith. dimstis "enclosed court, property;" O.E. timber "building, structure"), from *dem-/*dom- "build." The usual IE word for "house" (It., Sp. casa are from L. casa "cottage, hut;" Gmc. *hus is of obscure origin). The noun is 1539; domesticate is from 1639. Domestics, originally "articles of home manufacture," is attested from 1622.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: do·mes·tic
Pronunciation: d&-'mes-tik
Function: adjective
1 : of or relating to the household or family domestic servant> <domestic relations> —see also FAMILY COURT
2 : of, relating to, or originating within a country or state and esp. one's own country or state domestic corporations> —compare FOREIGN,, MUNICIPAL
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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