otherdom

noun

Etymology

From other + -dom.

  1. inherited from *h₂énteros
  2. inherited from *anþeraz
  3. inherited from *ą̄þar
  4. inherited from ōþer
  5. inherited from other
  6. suffixed as otherdom — “other + dom

Definitions

  1. The state, condition, or existence of others

    The state, condition, or existence of others; the tendency toward preferring, serving, or doing for others; selflessness.

    • It is clearly shown that right and wrong are conditions of otherdom. That ethics, in short, is a meaningless term to a single, isolated individual.
    • Altogether, I seriously recommend those of my readers who find a pantomime once a year good for them, to go next year to the Britannia, and leave the West End to its boredoms and all the otherdoms that make it so expensively dreary.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for otherdom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA