# domestic

Pronunciation: say "duh-MES-tik" /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/

## Adjective

1. Existing or taking place within a particular country rather than abroad.
   - Simple: Happening inside one country, not in other countries.
   - _The government raised tariffs to protect domestic industries._
   - _Domestic demand for electric cars rose sharply last year._
2. Belonging to or happening in the home and family life, whether household work such as cooking and cleaning or the relations between the people who live together.
   - Simple: To do with the home and family, and with jobs done at home like cooking and cleaning.
   - _Domestic life felt calmer once the children started school._
   - _He found the endless domestic responsibilities surprisingly satisfying._
3. Kept by humans as a pet or on a farm, rather than living in the wild.
   - Simple: Kept by people as a pet or farm animal, not living in the wild.
   - _Domestic cattle have been bred for milk over thousands of years._
   - _The shelter takes in domestic rabbits that owners can no longer keep._
6. Inclined to stay at home rather than go out or socialize.
   - Simple: Liking to stay at home instead of going out.
   - _Never one for nightclubs or crowded parties, Martin was a thoroughly domestic man who liked nothing better than a quiet evening at home._
   - _Even in college she was more domestic than her roommates, who went out every weekend while she stayed in with a book._

## Noun

4. An argument or fight, sometimes violent, between members of the same household. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: An argument or fight, sometimes violent, between people who live together.
   - _Officers attended yet another domestic at the same address._
   - _The shouting next door escalated into a full-blown domestic._
5. A servant employed to do the cooking, cleaning, and other work in a household.
   - Simple: A person hired to cook, clean, and do other work in someone's home.
   - _The household employed three domestics, including a cook and a maid._
   - _A live-in domestic prepared the meals and cleaned the large house._

## Origin

Latin domus, meaning "house, home," gave domesticus, which reached English by way of Middle French domestique.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/domestic (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).