Fogdom

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A state of obscurity; confusion; absence of clarity. uncountable

    "He expands, and becomes more and more transparent, till the inflation is so great as to end in the usual results of the law of expansion; or he passes off out of sight into infinite fogdom; and, like the comet that became entangled among the moons of Jupiter, never regains his orbit again, which, perhaps, is little cause for regret."

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"He expands, and becomes more and more transparent, till the inflation is so great as to end in the usual results of the law of expansion; or he passes off out of sight into infinite fogdom; and, like the comet that became entangled among the moons of Jupiter, never regains his orbit again, which, perhaps, is little cause for regret."

Etymology

From fog + -dom.

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