kitchendom
English edit
Etymology edit
From kitchen + -dom (suffix denoting a domain or jurisdiction).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)ndəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)nˌdəm/
- Hyphenation: kit‧chen‧dom
Noun edit
kitchendom (uncountable)
- (dated) The domain of the kitchen or people who work there. [from mid 19th c.]
- 1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 79:
- What knowest thou of flowers, except, belike / To garnish meats with? hath not our good King / Who lent me thee, the flower of kitchendom, / A foolish love of flowers?
Related terms edit
Translations edit
References edit
- ^ “kitchendom, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2023; “kitchendom, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading edit
kitchen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “kitchendom”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
