domesticityn.
/dəʊmɛˈstɪsɪti/ 1.
a. The quality or state of being domestic, domestic character; home or family life; devotion to home; homeliness.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > attachment to home life
domesticness1643
domesticity1721
domesticism1784
domesticality1819
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Domesticity, the being a servant.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani (L.) Great familiarity is included under the notion of friendship and domesticity, as living together in the same house, and the like.
1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 49 You would infer..that there is more domesticity..in Holland, than in any other country.
1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vii. 300 A masculine woman, with no talent for domesticity.
b. The quality of being a domestic animal.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > domesticity
domesticity1842
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > taming or training > quality or capacity
domableness1659
tameability1821
tameableness1828
domesticity1842
1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 37 The most marked sign of domesticity in our European goats.
1868 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 10) II. iii. xxxvi. 313 Pallas has remarked that domesticity eliminates the tendency to sterility which belongs to nearly allied species in a state of nature.
2. plural. Domestic affairs or arrangements.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > home > affairs or arrangements of
domesticities1824
1824 C. J. Mathews in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 550 Since you are determined to be made acquainted with our domesticities.
1843 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life I. xv. 227 That shelters itself amid the domesticities of life.
3. A domestic or homely expression or idiom. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun] > plain language > a homely idiom
domesticity1899
1899 O. Wilde Importance of being Earnest i. 28 Jack is a notorious domesticity for John!
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