dominus factotumn.

Brit.

/ˌdɒmɪnəs fakˈtəʊtəm/, U.S.

/ˌdɑmɪnəs fækˈtoʊdəm/

Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s domine factotum Brit. /ˌdɒmɪneɪ fakˈtəʊtəm/, U.S. /ˌdɑmɪneɪ fækˈtoʊdəm/.

β. 1500s– dominus factotum.

Also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin domine fac totum.

Etymology: In α. forms < post-classical Latin domine fac totum ‘O Lord, do everything’ (15th cent.) < classical Latin domine , vocative of dominus lord (see domine n.) + fac , imperative of facere to do (see fact n.) + tōtum the whole (see totum n.¹). In β. forms with substitution of the nominative dominus for the vocative domine . With α. forms compare Middle French Domine factotum (a1488), German Domine factotum (1513), and Spanish domine fac totum (1547). With β. forms compare Middle French Dominus fac totum (1569 and 1593), Italian Dominus fac totum (1614).Domine fac totum appears in its literal sense in post-classical Latin in a 15th-cent. educational text, the Vocabularius familiaris of Guillaume Le Tailleur (c1490), at Alleluia; its adoption as a noun appears to have been facetious.

A person who controls everything, an absolute ruler. Also: a servant with total control over household affairs; a head servant, a butler. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > of everything

dominus factotum1559

α.

1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. O3r The proudest of all the reaste, M. Haman, who was, domine fac totum.

1592 R. Verstegan Declaration 62 Albeit the proclamation be published in the name of the Queene, yet must it needes be written by the direction of him which is Domine fac totum.

1610 S. Rowlands Roome for Messe of Knaues sig. E1v To the high & mighty Mounsier Morpheus, brother to Oberon King of Fayries: Cosin ierman to Mercury, Squire of the body to Madam Cogitations: Leiftenant Generall of the cinque ports: & Domine Fac totum of all nocturnall negotiations in the Isle of Man.

1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger 43 He would gladly be accounted the Domine fac Totum, and yet does nothing (at all) that good is.

β. ?1563 in T. Fuller Hist. Waltham-Abby 21 in Church-hist. Brit. Robert Passellew..was Dominus fac totum in the middle, and fac nihil towards the end of the reign of Henry the third.1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 65 Throughout al England my L. of Leycester is taken for Dominus fac totum.1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots ii. i. 76 He [sc. Mr. Pym] was so farre the dominus fac totum in this juncto that his words were laws.1698 E. Ward London Spy I. i. 5 In a little time the Cloth was laid, and our first Course was usher'd up by the Dominus Factotum, in great order to the Table.1703 H. Michel Duplex in Carolo-cidas Querela ii. 12 That Upstart Court wherein Cromwel was the Dominus-Fac Totum.1783 J. Reed Let. 14 Mar. in W. B. Reed Life & Corr. J. Reed (1847) II. 393 Mr. Morris has been for a long time the Dominus Factotum, whose dictates none dare oppose, and from whose decisions lay no appeal.1828 London Lit. Gaz. 19 Jan. 361/1 He instantly invested himself in the office of major domo, or dominus factotum.1896 F. C. Moncreiff X Jewel xvi. 208 So my Lord of Arran continued to be Dominus Factotum in the Court of the King my master.1992 J. Davies Caroline Captivity of Church ii. 48 He [sc. Laud] is depicted as the dominus factotum, the moving force behind all the ecclesiastical developments of the reign.

Derivatives

† dominus facˈtotum-ship n. Obsolete rare a period of being a dominus factotum; a period of total control or dominion.

ΚΠ

1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos ii. 149 During the long time of their Dominus fac-totum-ship, in whole Christendom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dominus factotum
释义	dominus factotumn. Brit. /ˌdɒmɪnəs fakˈtəʊtəm/, U.S. /ˌdɑmɪnəs fækˈtoʊdəm/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s domine factotum Brit. /ˌdɒmɪneɪ fakˈtəʊtəm/, U.S. /ˌdɑmɪneɪ fækˈtoʊdəm/. β. 1500s– dominus factotum. Also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin domine fac totum. Etymology: In α. forms < post-classical Latin domine fac totum ‘O Lord, do everything’ (15th cent.) < classical Latin domine , vocative of dominus lord (see domine n.) + fac , imperative of facere to do (see fact n.) + tōtum the whole (see totum n.¹). In β. forms with substitution of the nominative dominus for the vocative domine . With α. forms compare Middle French Domine factotum (a1488), German Domine factotum (1513), and Spanish domine fac totum (1547). With β. forms compare Middle French Dominus fac totum (1569 and 1593), Italian Dominus fac totum (1614).Domine fac totum appears in its literal sense in post-classical Latin in a 15th-cent. educational text, the Vocabularius familiaris of Guillaume Le Tailleur (c1490), at Alleluia; its adoption as a noun appears to have been facetious. A person who controls everything, an absolute ruler. Also: a servant with total control over household affairs; a head servant, a butler. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > of everything dominus factotum1559 α. 1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. O3r The proudest of all the reaste, M. Haman, who was, domine fac totum. 1592 R. Verstegan Declaration 62 Albeit the proclamation be published in the name of the Queene, yet must it needes be written by the direction of him which is Domine fac totum. 1610 S. Rowlands Roome for Messe of Knaues sig. E1v To the high & mighty Mounsier Morpheus, brother to Oberon King of Fayries: Cosin ierman to Mercury, Squire of the body to Madam Cogitations: Leiftenant Generall of the cinque ports: & Domine Fac totum of all nocturnall negotiations in the Isle of Man. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger 43 He would gladly be accounted the Domine fac Totum, and yet does nothing (at all) that good is. β. ?1563 in T. Fuller Hist. Waltham-Abby 21 in Church-hist. Brit. Robert Passellew..was Dominus fac totum in the middle, and fac nihil towards the end of the reign of Henry the third.1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 65 Throughout al England my L. of Leycester is taken for Dominus fac totum.1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots ii. i. 76 He [sc. Mr. Pym] was so farre the dominus fac totum in this juncto that his words were laws.1698 E. Ward London Spy I. i. 5 In a little time the Cloth was laid, and our first Course was usher'd up by the Dominus Factotum, in great order to the Table.1703 H. Michel Duplex in Carolo-cidas Querela ii. 12 That Upstart Court wherein Cromwel was the Dominus-Fac Totum.1783 J. Reed Let. 14 Mar. in W. B. Reed Life & Corr. J. Reed (1847) II. 393 Mr. Morris has been for a long time the Dominus Factotum, whose dictates none dare oppose, and from whose decisions lay no appeal.1828 London Lit. Gaz. 19 Jan. 361/1 He instantly invested himself in the office of major domo, or dominus factotum.1896 F. C. Moncreiff X Jewel xvi. 208 So my Lord of Arran continued to be Dominus Factotum in the Court of the King my master.1992 J. Davies Caroline Captivity of Church ii. 48 He [sc. Laud] is depicted as the dominus factotum, the moving force behind all the ecclesiastical developments of the reign. Derivatives † dominus facˈtotum-ship n. Obsolete rare a period of being a dominus factotum; a period of total control or dominion. ΚΠ 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos ii. 149 During the long time of their Dominus fac-totum-ship, in whole Christendom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559
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