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• domesday (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 domes + dai, from 古期英語 dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom +‎ -s- +‎ day. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈduːmz.deɪ/
• 韻: -uːmzdeɪ
• ハイフネーション: dooms‧day

名詞

doomsday (countable and uncountable, plural doomsdays)

1. The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.
2. (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, sometimes capitalized) Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
3. Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
4. Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.

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派生語

形容詞

doomsday (not comparable)

1. Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
2. Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 867:

     The Sages chose to end the haftarah with this message of hope, in contrast to the episode's last verse with its doomsday warning that "if you persist in your wrongdoing, both you and your king shall be swept away."

3. Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

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