Dominoes of indiscretions down Falling all around, in cycles, in circles Constantly consuming Conquer and devour
2012 July 11, Tony Plakas, “Mitt's Mormon marriage march”, inSun-Sentinel[1]:
The Mormon church's past anti-gay positions and its role in financing Proposition 8 – California's 2008 ban on same-sex marriage – may have been the firstdominoes to fall around the faithful, but vetting Mitt Romney as a presidential candidate links the straightforward similarities between Mormonophobia and homophobia.
1749, Henry Fielding,Tom Jones, Folio Society, published1973, page485:
all the women were desirous of having the bundle immediately opened; which operation was at length performed by little Betsy, with the consent of Mr Jones: and the contents were found to be adomino, a mask, and a masquerade ticket.
The chair being announced, she fastened on her mask, and drew herdomino round her, it not being her intention to display her splendid and fantastic costume till supper, when all the guests were expected to unmask.
For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloureddominoes, and all wearing masks.
1932,The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular, page263:
Any player is liable to make a 'domino' — that is to say, he goes wool-gathering and continues to play when everyone else has stopped. If he does so at a grown-up concert the fault is irredeemable[…]
2010,Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey,→ISBN, page107:
A dismasting often means thedominoing of one mast into the other, down through the decks, cannoning the cargo through the hull below, and sinking the ship very quickly.
“domino”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2023-07-02
Borrowed fromMedieval Latindominō, fromLatindominus(“lord, master”), perhaps from a prayer formula such as "benedicamus domino". The development of the modern meaning is unclear, perhaps from the black color of the early domino tiles.
domino inEnrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025),Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
“domino”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"domino", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)