domestic
- domestic
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I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus
Date: 15th century
1.
a. living near or about human habitations
b. tame, domesticated <
the domestic cat
>
2. of, relating to, or originating within a country and especially one's own country <domestic politics
> <domestic wines
>
3. of or relating to the household or the family <domestic chores
> <domestic happiness
>
4. devoted to home duties and pleasures <leading a quietly domestic life
>
5. indigenous
• domestically adverb
II. noun
Date: 1613
1. a household servant
2. an article of domestic manufacture — usually used in plural
New Collegiate Dictionary.
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