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bookdom

bookdom noun: the realm or sphere of books.

Noun

bookdom (uncountable)

  1. The realm or sphere of books.
  2. The condition of being a book.
    • Both during the doctorate and in subsequent revisions along the path to bookdom, the manuscript benefitted from discussions with many experts, colleagues and friends.2011, Silvio Cruschina, Discourse-Related Features and Functional Projections, page xi

Origin of bookdom

From book + -dom.

Questions about bookdom

What does bookdom mean?
Bookdom means the realm or sphere of books.
What part of speech is bookdom?
Bookdom is a noun.

Words near bookdom in the dictionary

  1. bookcrosses
  2. bookcrossing
  3. bookcrossings
  4. bookdealer
  5. bookdealers
  6. bookdom
  7. booke
  8. booked
  9. booked away
  10. booked in
  11. booked into

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