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worldly

adj
/ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli/

Etymology

From Middle English worldly, worldlich, wordly (adjective), from Old English woruldlīċ, worldlīċ, weoroldlīċ (“worldly; earthly; temporal; mundane; secular”), from Proto-Germanic *weraldilīkaz, equivalent to world + -ly. Cognate with Dutch wereldlijk (“worldly; secular”), German Low German weltlik (“worldly”), German weltlich (“worldly”), Danish verdslig (“worldly”), Swedish världslig (“worldly”), Icelandic veraldlegur (“worldly; secular”).

  1. inherited from *weraldilīkaz✻
  2. inherited from woruldlīċ
  3. inherited from worldly

Definitions

  1. Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.

    • The conviction that my personal, worldly life was something real and good constituted the misunderstanding, the obstacle, that prevented me from comprehending Jesus doctrine.

  2. Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.

  3. Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit

    Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. In a worldly manner.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at worldly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at worldly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at worldly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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