Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Doomsday"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doomsday \Dooms"day`\, n. [AS. d?mes d[=a]g. See {Doom}, and
{Day}.]
1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. ``My
body's doomsday.'' --Shak.
2. The day of the final judgment.
I could not tell till doomsday. --Chaucer.
{Doomsday Book}. See {Domesday Book}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Doomsday
n 1: (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will
decree the fates of all men according to the good and
evil of their earthly lives [syn: {Judgment Day}, {Judgement
Day}, {Day of Judgment}, {Day of Judgement}, {Doomsday},
{Last Judgment}, {Last Judgement}, {Last Day}]
2: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of
the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it" [syn: {doom},
{day of reckoning}]
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