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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.
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Domestically
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Origin:
1515–25; < Latin domesticus, derivative of domus house (see dome); replacing domestique < Middle French
1515–25; < Latin domesticus, derivative of domus house (see dome); replacing domestique < Middle French
Related forms
do·mes·ti·cal·ly, adverb
an·ti·do·mes·tic, adjective
an·ti·do·mes·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·do·mes·tic, adjective, noun
non·do·mes·ti·cal·ly, adverb
EXPANDpre·do·mes·tic, adjective
pre·do·mes·ti·cal·ly, adverb
sem·i·do·mes·tic, adjective
sem·i·do·mes·ti·cal·ly, adverb
un·do·mes·tic, adjective
un·do·mes·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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domestic
1520s, 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;"
EXPANDLith. 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 1530s. Domestics, originally "articles of home manufacture," is attested from 1620s. Related: Domestically. Domestic violence is attested from 19c. as "revolution and insurrection;" 1977 as "spouse abuse, violence in the home."
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