conworld

noun
/ˈkɒnwɜːld/UK/ˈkɑnwɚld/US

Etymology

From constructed world; equivalent to con- (“constructed”) + world.

  1. inherited from *weraldiz — “lifetime, human existence, world
  2. inherited from *weraldi
  3. inherited from weorold — “world
  4. inherited from world
  5. formed as conworld — “con- + world

Definitions

  1. An imaginary world, especially one with highly-detailed cultures, languages, and…

    An imaginary world, especially one with highly-detailed cultures, languages, and geography.

    • However, you will have created a pile of crossword puzzles you'll be proud to submit to Will Shortz, or a conworld that's so rich and real the inhabitants have actually attained sapience and now worship you as their god.
    • The most respected languages in the conlang community often have years of work behind them, and may even be attached to whole "conworlds" or "concultures" that help give them coherence and a model "literature."
    • […] in my conworld Almea the great navigators of southern Ereláe were the Jei, and undoubtedly Jei-based pidgins sprung up.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for conworld. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA