netherdom

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The condition, realm, or sphere of things below

   The condition, realm, or sphere of things below; a lower kingdom or domain; netherregion; the netherworld; Hell.

   • It is a spectacle that ought to make the imps of netherdom tremble for their laurels — man.
   • A great gathering of the lost, the waste, " the drift of both banks," as my Officer-guide aptly puts it. It is, surely, a sight more for tears than wonder. Actual Netherdom.
   • But Olympian Homer keeps them submerged in his sunless Netherdom, from which however, he lets them peep forth once in a while with a dreadful eye-shot at his startled reader.

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