Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

domestical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: do-mes-ti-cal
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic

noun

A domestic; a household servant; a member of a household.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Our private and domestical matter."
"It were a kind of treason to do so in our owne affaires and domesticall [translating domestiques] matters, wherein of necessity one must resolve and take a side; but for a man that hath neither charge nor expresse commandement to urge him, not to busie or entermedle himselfe therein, I holde it more excusable […]"

Etymology

From Latin domesticus + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: al

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more domestical (comparative) most domestical (superlative) domesticall (alternative)

Questions

What does domestical mean?: Domestic.
Where does domestical come from?: From Latin domesticus + -al.

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