worldkinn.
/ˈwəːldkɪn/, U.S. /ˈwər(ə)ldkən/ rare.
A little world, a microcosm. Cf. worldlet n.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > microcosm or microworld
microcosmos1562
microcosm1590
petty world1602
worldkin1834
microworld1923
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 452/2 I too could now say to myself: Be no longer a Chaos, but a World, or even Worldkin.
1900 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 263 How in this humdrum worldkin of ours did mortal men ever come to do this madness?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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- quater-pierced
- quatercentenaries
- quatercentenary
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- quatern
- quaternal
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- quaternary
- quaternary compound
- quaternary number
- quaternary of numbers
- quaternary structure
- quaternate
- quaternate pinnate
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- quaternion
- quaternion group
- quaternionic
- quaternionist
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