All 5 Uses of
domestic
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- My life had hitherto been remarkably secluded and domestic, and this had given me invincible repugnance to new countenances.
p. 46.6domestic = relating to a home and family
- If this rule were always observed; if no man allowed any pursuit whatsoever to interfere with the tranquillity of his domestic affections, Greece had not been enslaved, Caesar would have spared his country, America would have been discovered more gradually, and the empires of Mexico and Peru had not been destroyed.
p. 56.9
- The gentle and domestic manners it described, combined with lofty sentiments and feelings, which had for their object something out of self, accorded well with my experience among my protectors and with the wants which were forever alive in my own bosom.
p. 131.1
- You minutely described in these papers every step you took in the progress of your work; this history was mingled with accounts of domestic occurrences.
p. 132.9
- I confess, my son, that I have always looked forward to your marriage with our dear Elizabeth as the tie of our domestic comfort and the stay of my declining years.
p. 156.3 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(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 -
(2)
(domestic as in: domestic happiness) relating to a home or family
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(3)
(domestic animal as in: a domestic animal like a dog) referring to animals kept as pets or for ranching
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Domestics refers to a household servants. (Rarely, domestic refers to a single household servant.)