Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Doom (-s, -'s, -ed)
doom (-s, -'s, -ed), n. [OE dóm < old Germanic dômo-z, statute, ordinance; see do, v.] (webplay: destine, fate, future, penalty, suffer).
- Condemned; damned; destined to death.
- Fate; death; tomb; life of sufferings; end; determination affecting the outcome.
- Ruin; destruction; death; final fate.
- Finals days; last judgement; doomsday.
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