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单词 millionairedom
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millionairedomn.

Brit. /ˌmɪljəˈnɛːdəm/, U.S. /ˌmɪljəˈnɛ(ə)rdəm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: millionaire n., -dom suffix.
Etymology: < millionaire n. + -dom suffix. Compare earlier millionairism n.
The condition of being a millionaire.
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1875 Daily Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 12 Sept. Nebraska's ex-representative..was obliged to give over his hopes of millionairedom.
1884 Radical Rev. 12 Jan. 2/2 Professor Van Buren Denslow..spoke on picture-makers and reasoners, and on the blessings of millionairedom.
1892 J. Murdoch From Austral. & Japan ii. 137 He had not as yet struck the path that leads unto millionairedom.
1943 H. Basso Mainstream vii. 140 The revolt of Henry Adams, if revolt it may be called, was similar to that of Henry James—a protest against the ideals of millionairedom and Barnum's art of money getting.
1998 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 381/1 For a 51-year-old man whose glorious career had never quite made him rich, the prospect of overnight millionairedom was irresistible.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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