单词 | worlding |
释义 | worldingn. = worldling n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] > person man of the world1535 worldling1549 worlding1567 earthling1600 earthman1748 this-worldian1830 secularist1851 hylicist1880 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Qvv Ye worldings make such shifts as those, adew, and fare you wel. a1675 J. Lightfoot Some Genuine Remains (1700) iii. ii. 270 Covetous Worldings, and voluptuous Epicures. 1792 E. K. Mathews Count de Hoensdern I. xiii. 90 Maria was tolerably recovered, artfully expressing herself in a way that would have misled a far more thorough-paced worlding than our young friend. 1839 C. Elizabeth Glimpses of Past xxx. 341 God has given us richly all things to enjoy: the worlding may possess, but the Christian alone can enjoy those gifts. 1958 Times 18 Dec. 14/2 It turned out even better sport when the politely bewildered worlding became in a dream his pirate ancestor. 2001 A. K. Bandhopadhyay in G. B. Gupta & S. K. Banerji Humanisation of World Relig. viii. 160 The Bodhisattva is greatly moved by the spectacle of the misery and folly of the people around him—the worldings deluded by ignorance. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1567 |
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