kitchendomとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From kitchen +‎ -dom (suffix denoting a domain or jurisdiction).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)ndəm/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)nˌdəm/
• ハイフネーション: kit‧chen‧dom

名詞

kitchendom (uncountable)

1. (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?

関連する語

• kitchen
• kitchenry

参照

Further reading

• kitchen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “kitchendom”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.