world-wearyadj.

Brit.

/ˈwəːldˌwɪəri/, U.S.

/ˈwərldˌwɪri/

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

Etymology: < world n. + weary adj.

Weary of the world; feeling or indicating feelings of weariness, boredom, or cynicism as a result of long experience of life.

1750 D. Garrick Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet v. v. 65 Shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-weary flesh.

1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 1140 Night that lulls world-weary day.

1928 N. Coward World Weary in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 100/3 I'm world weary, world weary, Tired of all these jumping jacks.

1984 A. Maupin Babycakes xxviii. 136 She heaved a world-weary sigh.

2004 W. St. John Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer 171 He's..gesticulating before a beleaguered-looking university official wearing a red blazer and a world-weary expression.

Derivatives

ˈworld-weariness n.

1834 N. P. Willis in New Monthly Mag. Dec. 450 Why can we not bottle up thy hours like the wine of a better vintage, and enjoy them in the parched world-weariness of age!

1907 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 11 266 One of his best-known hymns..contains all the forms of unchildlike religious sentiment: sin, contrition, world-weariness, [etc.].

2000 A. Shanks in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 480/2 His criticism of the original gospel of Jesus is the same as his criticism of Buddhism: that it represents a form of decadent world-weariness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	world-weary
释义	world-wearyadj. Brit. /ˈwəːldˌwɪəri/, U.S. /ˈwərldˌwɪri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: world n., weary adj. Etymology: < world n. + weary adj. Weary of the world; feeling or indicating feelings of weariness, boredom, or cynicism as a result of long experience of life. Π 1750 D. Garrick Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet v. v. 65 Shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-weary flesh. 1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 1140 Night that lulls world-weary day. 1928 N. Coward World Weary in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 100/3 I'm world weary, world weary, Tired of all these jumping jacks. 1984 A. Maupin Babycakes xxviii. 136 She heaved a world-weary sigh. 2004 W. St. John Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer 171 He's..gesticulating before a beleaguered-looking university official wearing a red blazer and a world-weary expression. Derivatives ˈworld-weariness n. Π 1834 N. P. Willis in New Monthly Mag. Dec. 450 Why can we not bottle up thy hours like the wine of a better vintage, and enjoy them in the parched world-weariness of age! 1907 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 11 266 One of his best-known hymns..contains all the forms of unchildlike religious sentiment: sin, contrition, world-weariness, [etc.]. 2000 A. Shanks in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 480/2 His criticism of the original gospel of Jesus is the same as his criticism of Buddhism: that it represents a form of decadent world-weariness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1750
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