downcome

American  

[doun-kuhm] / ˈdaʊnˌkʌm /

noun

1. a downcomer.

2. Archaic. descent or downfall; comedown; humiliation.

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downcome British  

/ ˈdaʊnˌkʌm /

noun

1. archaic downfall

2. another name for downcomer

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Etymology

Origin of downcome

First recorded in 1505–15; down ¹ + come

Example Sentences

Then was I very croose at the manner of our coming off, and minded not that the hardest blaff of downcome is ever gotten at the doorstep.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

But little cause have I to speak, for I too am a downcome.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

What a downcome from his dignity to be the patron of a golf course or the chaplain of a curling club, instead of enjoying the fame and name of the holy well.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.

"Pride will have a downcome," said some, with a gleg look and a smack of the lip, trying to veil their personal malevolence in a common proverb.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

"God!" he said, "what a downcome for that hoose!"

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas