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leafdom

leafdom noun: leaves generally; leafy places.

Noun

leafdom (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) Leaves generally; leafy places.
    • 'Mid the dance of colours, / And semitones of green, / Gleams this daintier Spirit / That in leafdom is the Queen.1856, Gerald Massey, Craigcrook Castle, page 75
    • Thus pleased, laid back, up through the elm we look: / What life the little Creeper of the Tree / To leafdom lends!1878, Thomas Aird, The Poetical Works of Thomas Aird, page 141

Origin of leafdom

From leaf + -dom.

Questions about leafdom

What does leafdom mean?
Leafdom means leaves generally; leafy places.
What part of speech is leafdom?
Leafdom is a noun.

Words near leafdom in the dictionary

  1. leafcutter ants
  2. leafcutter bee
  3. leafcutter bees
  4. leafcutters
  5. leafcutting
  6. leafdom
  7. leafeater
  8. leafeaters
  9. leafed
  10. leafed out
  11. leafed through

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