See Also: fastuous(dictionary)

domesticity (iou) and fastuous (iou)


domesticity (iou)



domesticity noun. E18.
[from DOMESTIC + -ITY. Cf. French domesticite, late Latin domesticitas.]
The quality or state of being domestic; esp. (attachment to) Home life. E18.
L. Stephen A masculine woman with no talent for domesticity.
b. The state in an animal of being domesticated. M19.
In pl. Domestic affairs, arrangements, or concerns. E19.

fastuous (iou)



fastuous adjective. Now rare. M17.
[Late Latin fastuosus, in classical Latin fastosus, from fastus FAST noun3: see -OUS, -UOUS.]
Haughty, arrogant, pretentious, ostentatious.
fastuously adverb L17.
fastuousness noun M17.