makedom

makedom

English

Etymology

From make +‎ -dom.

Noun

makedom (uncountable)

1. Form; figure; shape; similitude; constitution.
   • 1808, Henry William Weber, The battle of Floddon field:

     […] there were two of his guard, the one called Alexander Macculloch, and the other the Squire of Cleisch, which were men of makedom both like the king; […]

   • 1915, United States Military Academy, The Howitzer:

     He has held a life membership among the wearers of decorated sleeves, though he has shifted around considerably among the various strata of makedom.

   • 1978, Alan L. Mintz, George Eliot & the novel of vocation:

     The prospect of vocational achievement can lure the aspirant on with the same endowment of "makedom and fairness" as any woman's.

See also

• likeness