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Definition of Doomy
1. doomful [adj DOOMIER, DOOMIEST] : DOOMILY [adv] - See also: doomful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doomy
Literary usage of Doomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1800)
"H0W feels a world convulsed thy early doomy . What mingling sounds of woe and
outrage rise : How wild the eddying dust of ruin flies ! ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1826)
"... doomy disposition, that he rarely conciliated the affections, except of those
who intimately knew him, and were well acquainted with his worth. ..."
3. Across America and Asia: Notes of a Five Years' Journey Around the World by Raphael Pumpelly (1870)
"Here leaving the plain to ascend to the plateau, we passed a dee]) and doomy
gorge, cut through the table-land to its very foundation. ..."
4. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in by Philippe-Paul Ségur (1826)
"... away in discussions respecting peace, and in preparations for war; that of
1812 was arrived, and the horizon had already become doomy and and louring. ..."
5. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"... in the midst of a forest of doomy palms, the leaves of which are used for
making sails and cordage, while their fruit contains a juice very pleasant to ..."
6. Report of Progress on the Explorations and Surveys Up to January, 1874 by Sandford Fleming (1874)
"... and connected by curtains of glaciers out of which issued torrents that fell
in cascades till lost as they descended into the doomy chasms by which they ..."
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