Both Uses of
domestic
in
Crime and Punishment
- "I only heard a queer story that Philip was a sort of hypochondriac, a sort of domestic philosopher, the servants used to say, 'he read himself silly,' and that he hanged himself partly on account of Mr. Svidrigailov's mockery of him and not his blows.†
Chpt 4.2
- I told them I was in a hurry owing to domestic circumstances, and the next day, that is the day before yesterday, we were betrothed.†
Chpt 6.4 *
Definition:
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(domestic as in: the domestic market) relating to a home country
or (much more rarely,): relating to a geographic area that is smaller than a country