The first part of this word (and, yes.  Babeldom is a real word.) comes from the name of the biblical city, Babel.  The second part of the word, -dom, is a suffix from Old English.  “Dom” meant “statute”, or “judgment”.  It also means “condition” or “quality”.  We see it at the end of words such as freedom, wisdom, and boredom.  Freedom, then, is the state of being free.   And, boredom is the state of being bored.

With everyone talking at the same time, and hardly anyone listening, family reunions qualify as Babeldoms.

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