Domestic

Domestic
Domestic Do*mes"tic, a. [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st {Dome}.] 1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. [1913 Webster]

His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman. [1913 Webster]

4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals. [1913 Webster]

5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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