English · Idiom Historical

To send me to Dulcarnon

Preserved but no longer current.

Meaning · English

To daze with puzzles. Dulce Domum (dtil' si do' mum). A school holiday song: the words mean — not, as often supposed, "sweet home," but — "the sweet (sound of the word) 'home'.

Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “To send me to Dulcarnon” mean?

To daze with puzzles. Dulce Domum (dtil' si do' mum). A school holiday song: the words mean — not, as often supposed, "sweet home," but — "the sweet (sound of the word) 'home'.

Is “To send me to Dulcarnon” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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