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villadom en · NOUN

Etymology

From villa + -dom.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The world of suburban villas.
   • […]turning to the right again, but more sharply, the wayfarer found himself once more in villadom, but a villadom more ornate, more costly, with gardens to be measured in acres—or nearly. 1919, Hope, Anthony, The Secret of the Tower:
   • At present that convenience is still needlessly expensive in Great Britain, and a scandalously stupid business conflict between telephone company and post-office delays, complicates, and makes costly and exasperating all trunk communications; but even under these disadvantages the thing is becoming a factor in the life of ordinary villadom. 1902, Herbert George Wells, Anticipations:

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