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Stardrink Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Dompnedex

Probably not even English. Would anyone happen to know what this word means?

The context: "But, dompnedex, madame! I am past master in these specious ecstasies (...)"
  

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Hi, This work by Cabell is a magical / fantastical one. I suspect this is just a nonsense word, although the author does like to throw in odd and obscure references. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, This work by Cabell is a magical / fantastical one.
  • I suspect this is just a nonsense word, although the author does like to throw in odd and obscure references.
  • Clive
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Hi,

This work by Cabell is a magical / fantastical one. I suspect this is just a nonsense word, although the author does like to throw in odd and obscure references.

Clive
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Thanks for the response.

It's a nice little book. But I'm not here to promote it, honestly. Just trying to translate it as well as I can.

I've left the word untranslated for the moment. Maybe someone will think of something.

You could be right though, and it could very well be a nonsense word.
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It's a general exclamation of incredulity, like "good grief" or "sweet fancy Moses". Domnei isn't the only of Cabell's books this word appears in, and Cabell isn't the only author to use it- I've seen it used in Harper's magazine a few times.


I can't say how much is coincidence, but every situation I've seen it in, it's been early 20th century American literature set in feudal Eu

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