villadom

American  

[vil-uh-duhm] / ˈvɪl ə dəm /

noun

British.

1. villas collectively.

2. suburban life and society; suburbia.

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Etymology

Origin of villadom

First recorded in 1875–80; villa + -dom

Example Sentences

In suburban villadom, pictured in Table III., the clerk is often father to the clerk, while the son of a shopkeeper occasionally assists his parents in the shop.

From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Bray, Reginald Arthur

The florist who might dare to offer such a catalogue to the public would be speedily assailed by all the horticultural journalists of England and all the customers of villadom.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

It was an age of beauty, and the walks round Stratford remain beautiful to this hour, despite the growth of villadom and the advent of the railway line.

From William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts by Forestier, A. (Amédée)

In that servile neighbourhood, almost entirely inhabited by the flunkeys of villadom, it was a complete novelty to him to be thus bearded in his den.

From The British Barbarians by Allen, Grant

"Far from all the prettinesses of glorified villadom."

From Gossamer 1915 by Birmingham, George A.