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单词 otherworldly
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otherworldlyadj.n.

Brit. /ˌʌðəˈwəːldli/, U.S. /ˌəðərˈwər(ə)l(d)li/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: other world n., -ly suffix1.
Etymology: < other world n. + -ly suffix1, after worldly adj. Compare earlier otherworldliness n., other world adj.
1.
a. Devoted to spiritual matters or life; ascetic, spiritual; (more generally) unworldly. Also as n. (with the): ascetic, spiritual, or unworldly people as a class (with plural agreement).
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective]
godcundlyeOE
godlyOE
ghostlyOE
spiritualc1384
espiritualc1405
sprituala1450
mystical1542
spiritualized1615
pneumatic1624
mystic1629
spirituousa1631
pneumatical1644
otherworldly1859
metaphysical1876
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > person > collective
otherworldly1961
1859 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 16/1 The one is this-worldly; the other is other-worldly..a frequenter of shrines, in all things too superstitious, overlooking and slighting mere physical comfort, and content with misery and dirt.
1890 Cincinnati Christian Advocate 5 Feb. 10/3 No one who has ever raised his eyes from his present narrow horizon..will ever sneer at a philosopher as ‘otherworldly’.
1932 C. P. Curran in F. J. Sheed Irish Way 134 The other-worldly man must put on the man of affairs, the monk-bishop become a politician.
1950 ‘G. Orwell’ Shooting Elephant 106 The other-worldly, anti-humanist tendency of his [sc. Gandhi's] doctrines.
1961 Bible (New Eng.) Luke xvi. 8 For the worldly are more astute than the other-worldly in dealing with their own kind.
1989 Prediction Ann. 60/2 Pisceans are often considered to be rather idealistic and other-worldly in their attitudes.
2002 Hist. Today Apr. 45/1 On the retables, architectural ornament is used to frame figurative scenes, usually Christ's life, placing them within an other-worldly sacred space.
b. In extended use: of or relating to the intellect or imagination. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [adjective]
translunary1627
otherworldly1873
other world1882
other-worldish1894
Ruritanian1894
Vegan1940
subcreative1947
1873 W. Pater Stud. Hist. Renaissance viii. 204 It is easy with the other~worldly gifts to be a schöne Seele.
2. Of or relating to a world other than the actual or material; esp. of or relating to a mystical or fantasy world.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > of future life or state
future1733
otherworldly1879
other world1882
other-worldish1894
1879 F. J. Furnivall R. Mannyng's Chron. Wace 784/2 Divining, knowledge of other-worldly matters.
1955 A. Huxley Let. 10 Jan. (1969) 720 I took mescalin yesterday, for the second time... The experience had a human content, which the earlier, solitary experience, with its Other Worldly quality..did not possess.
1957 G. Ashe King Arthur's Avalon iii. 107 The poem entangles Arthur in a network of other-worldly themes, a network which takes in Glastonbury and the quest for a miraculous vessel.
a1997 Resource Packet for Neo-Paganism & Witchcraft (Pagan Educ. Network) 10 Witch, Two I[ndo]-E[uropean] roots: 1 weik- having magical, Otherworldy associations [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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