lower worldn.

Brit.

/ˌləʊə ˈwəːld/, U.S.

/ˈˌloʊər ˈwər(ə)ld/

Forms: see lower adj., n.¹, and adv. and world n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lower adj., world n.

Etymology: < lower adj. + world n. Compare underworld n., netherworld n.

1. Chiefly with the, this, etc. Earth as opposed to heaven or the heavens; the earthly world. Cf. netherworld n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > [noun]

all the worldeOE

mouldOE

worldOE

earthOE

earthricheOE

foldOE

worldricheOE

motherOE

wonec1275

mound?a1300

wildernessa1340

mappemondea1393

lower worlda1398

the whole worlda1513

orba1550

the (also this) globe1553

the earthly globe1553

mother earth1568

the glimpses of the moon1603

universe1630

outer world1661

terrene1667

Orphic egg1684

Midgard1770

all outdoors1833

Planet Earth1858

overworld1911

Spaceship Earth1966

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. ii. 451 Also þe firmament by his meovinge is principle worchinge and doere of generacioun and corrupcioun in þe lower worlde.

1536 T. Starkey Pref. Kynges Hyghnes To Rdr. f. 1^v Here in the lower worlde garnyshyng it with this varietie, wherin standeth all naturall beautie.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 34 The globe that lights the lower world .

a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vi. xiv, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Hh4^v Meane-while, the lower World..Was darkned quite.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vii. iv. 309 Like the Spermatical virtue of the Heavens, which spreads it self freely upon this Lower World.

1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 559 All the Light and Influence that the Heavens bestow upon this Lower World.

1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth 29 Proud Youth! Fastidious of the lower world!

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 296 This lower world I you resign.

1843 W. S. Landor Let. 16 Apr. in R. R. Madden Literary Life & Corr. Countess of Blessington (1855) II. 411 What fugitivities in this lower world of ours!

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. i. 248 Innumerable high-dressed gentlemen, gods of this lower world, are gone all to inorganic powder.

1901 Jrnl. Educ. July 463/1 The philanthropists of our lower world must be content to raise the real gradually towards the ideal.

1963 D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam ii. 64 Er-Rahmān is the Creator of the world inasmuch as..He has furnished the elements of well-being for this lower world.

2003 C. Droke Second Coming Christ v. 96 Christ and all his saints..shall leave this lower world, and ascend towards the highest heavens.

2. With the. The mythical abode of the dead, imagined as being under the earth, the underworld; spec. the place of the damned, hell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun]

helleOE

hellOE

perditiona1382

perishingc1384

welling woea1400

hellwardc1400

Topheta1425

gehenne1481

to devilwardc1550

limbo1581

Averna1592

Hades1597

Sheol1599

other place1604

underworld1608

infernals1613

gehenna1623

lower world1639

netherworld1640

pandemonium1667

subterrenea1711

diablerie1776

inferno1834

ballyhooly1837

nether region1839

Sam Hill1839

Ballyhack1843

tunket1871

bogydom1880

1639 R. Davenport New Tricke to cheat Divell v. i. sig. I^v The furies in the lower World I thought till now had fed on..parboyl'd Murtherers, Usurers roasted flesh, Whores cheekes.

1764 N. Tindal Guide Classical Learning iii. viii. 313 (title of section) The deities and inhabitants of the lower world.

1853 G. Smith Gentile Nations II. x. 565 He conducts the souls of the dead to the lower world.

1924 Times 24 July 15/6 The gods of the lower world allowed him to spend six months of every year with Aphrodite..on earth.

2004 O. Purev in M. N. Walter & E. J. N. Fridman Shamanism I. 546/1/ Human beings and animals live in the Middle World. In the Lower World, or Hell, are devils and demons, who spread evil and serious illness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lower world
释义	lower worldn. Brit. /ˌləʊə ˈwəːld/, U.S. /ˈˌloʊər ˈwər(ə)ld/ Forms: see lower adj., n.¹, and adv. and world n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lower adj., world n. Etymology: < lower adj. + world n. Compare underworld n., netherworld n. 1. Chiefly with the, this, etc. Earth as opposed to heaven or the heavens; the earthly world. Cf. netherworld n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > [noun] all the worldeOE mouldOE worldOE earthOE earthricheOE foldOE worldricheOE motherOE wonec1275 mound?a1300 wildernessa1340 mappemondea1393 lower worlda1398 the whole worlda1513 orba1550 the (also this) globe1553 the earthly globe1553 mother earth1568 the glimpses of the moon1603 universe1630 outer world1661 terrene1667 Orphic egg1684 Midgard1770 all outdoors1833 Planet Earth1858 overworld1911 Spaceship Earth1966 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. ii. 451 Also þe firmament by his meovinge is principle worchinge and doere of generacioun and corrupcioun in þe lower worlde. 1536 T. Starkey Pref. Kynges Hyghnes To Rdr. f. 1^v Here in the lower worlde garnyshyng it with this varietie, wherin standeth all naturall beautie. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 34 The globe that lights the lower world . View more context for this quotation a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vi. xiv, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Hh4^v Meane-while, the lower World..Was darkned quite. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vii. iv. 309 Like the Spermatical virtue of the Heavens, which spreads it self freely upon this Lower World. 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 559 All the Light and Influence that the Heavens bestow upon this Lower World. 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth 29 Proud Youth! Fastidious of the lower world! a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 296 This lower world I you resign. 1843 W. S. Landor Let. 16 Apr. in R. R. Madden Literary Life & Corr. Countess of Blessington (1855) II. 411 What fugitivities in this lower world of ours! 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. i. 248 Innumerable high-dressed gentlemen, gods of this lower world, are gone all to inorganic powder. 1901 Jrnl. Educ. July 463/1 The philanthropists of our lower world must be content to raise the real gradually towards the ideal. 1963 D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam ii. 64 Er-Rahmān is the Creator of the world inasmuch as..He has furnished the elements of well-being for this lower world. 2003 C. Droke Second Coming Christ v. 96 Christ and all his saints..shall leave this lower world, and ascend towards the highest heavens. 2. With the. The mythical abode of the dead, imagined as being under the earth, the underworld; spec. the place of the damned, hell. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] helleOE hellOE perditiona1382 perishingc1384 welling woea1400 hellwardc1400 Topheta1425 gehenne1481 to devilwardc1550 limbo1581 Averna1592 Hades1597 Sheol1599 other place1604 underworld1608 infernals1613 gehenna1623 lower world1639 netherworld1640 pandemonium1667 subterrenea1711 diablerie1776 inferno1834 ballyhooly1837 nether region1839 Sam Hill1839 Ballyhack1843 tunket1871 bogydom1880 1639 R. Davenport New Tricke to cheat Divell v. i. sig. I^v The furies in the lower World I thought till now had fed on..parboyl'd Murtherers, Usurers roasted flesh, Whores cheekes. 1764 N. Tindal Guide Classical Learning iii. viii. 313 (title of section) The deities and inhabitants of the lower world. 1853 G. Smith Gentile Nations II. x. 565 He conducts the souls of the dead to the lower world. 1924 Times 24 July 15/6 The gods of the lower world allowed him to spend six months of every year with Aphrodite..on earth. 2004 O. Purev in M. N. Walter & E. J. N. Fridman Shamanism I. 546/1/ Human beings and animals live in the Middle World. In the Lower World, or Hell, are devils and demons, who spread evil and serious illness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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