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Preserved but no longer current.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.
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.