toydomn.
/ˈtɔɪdəm/, U.S. /ˈtɔɪdəm/ 1. The domain or world of toys.
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1852 Pensacola (Florida) Gaz. 10 Jan. The plate glass lady-traps in Broadway are baited with a profusion of rich and radiant fabrics; toydom has opened its batteries of temptation upon boydom.
1905 Times 7 Jan. 11/2 At the Crystal Palace..side-shows are numerous, and toydom there is most attractive.
2001 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 9 Feb. Their staple products include some of the finest names and most beloved products in toydom.
2. The state or condition of resembling a toy. rare.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun]
littlenessOE
ungreatc1275
littleheadc1350
smallnessa1398
littlelaikc1450
exiguity1604
pusillage1610
parvity1620
parvitude1652
petitenessa1676
exiguousness1727
exility1779
toydom1882
weeness1882
1882 M. A. Barker in Macmillan's Mag. May 68/1 The tan sail of a canoe, or whiter sheet of a fishing boat,..dwarfed into toydom whenever they come near the great war ship.
2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Nov. (Mag.) w4 That Thanksgiving was the first time I ever saw the Macy's Parade. Such pomp, such circumstance, such honking bands moving in synchronized toydom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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