villadom

Definitions

Examples

• They do something to the old places—I don't know what they do—but instantly the countryside becomes a villadom.

• Cannes is truly aristocratic villadom, or sjour aristocratique et recherch, as the French have it, with all that the term implies.

• The private gardens of urban or suburban villadom were soon too small for the wielders of the racquet.

• Villadom, by his art, takes on a revived significance, and Kay's career encourages reflection touched by a vague sadness.