squirreldom
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]squirreldom (uncountable)
- The condition or state of being a squirrel, or of belonging to the world of squirrels; squirrels collectively.
- 1881, Wilhelm Hauff, Longnose the dwarf, and other fairy tales:
- The dwarf looked hard and earnestly at the plant in his hand; it gave forth a sweet scent that unconsciously took him back to his days of slavery and squirreldom.
- 2000, Frank Furlong Mathias, The GI Generation: A Memoir, page 83:
- These trees are seemingly ordained to lose their leaves earlier than most, thus revealing nuts hanging from bare branches — for the benefit of mankind and squirreldom alike.