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

Again, that success would be a salve to Gourlay's wounded pride; the Gourlays would show Barbie they could flourish yet, in spite of their present downcome.

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

My ain grandfather, who was the son of a great farmer, hired himsell for a shepherd at that time to young Tam Linton; and mony ane was wae for the downcome.

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James

Nae doubt, nae doubt—ay, ay—it's an awfu' whummle—and for ane that held his head sae high too—human nature, human nature—Ay ay, we're a' subject to a downcome.

From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

But is not the bringing in of the 'reward' as a motive a woful downcome? and is love that loves for the sake of reward, love at all?

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

It be held to be a sure sign that an ailing body will die if there be a downcome of soot.

From The Evolution of an English Town by Home, Gordon