doomsday

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Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DOOMSDAYCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DOOMSDAY domes + dai, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#DOOMSDAYCategory:English terms derived from Old English#DOOMSDAY dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom +‎ -s- +‎ dayCategory:English terms interfixed with -s-#DOOMSDAYCategory:English compound terms#DOOMSDAY. Compare Old Norse dómsdagr (“judgement day, doomsday”).

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Noun

doomsday (countable and uncountable, plural doomsdays)Category:English lemmas#DOOMSDAYCategory:English nouns#DOOMSDAYCategory:English uncountable nouns#DOOMSDAYCategory:English countable nouns#DOOMSDAYCategory:English countable nouns#DOOMSDAYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DOOMSDAYCategory:Pages with entries#DOOMSDAYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DOOMSDAY

  1. The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.
  2. (ChristianityCategory:en:Christianity#DOOMSDAY, IslamCategory:en:Islam#DOOMSDAY, JudaismCategory:en:Judaism#DOOMSDAY, sometimes capitalized) Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
  3. Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
  4. Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.

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Adjective

doomsday (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#DOOMSDAYCategory:English adjectives#DOOMSDAYCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#DOOMSDAYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DOOMSDAYCategory:Pages with entries#DOOMSDAYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DOOMSDAY

  1. Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
  2. Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
    • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 867:
      The Sages chose to end the haftarah with this message of hope, in contrast to the episode's last verse with its doomsday warning that "if you persist in your wrongdoing, both you and your king shall be swept away."
      Category:English terms with quotations#DOOMSDAY
  3. Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

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