UNDERWORLDS

Noun

underworlds

plural of underworld

Noun

Underworlds

plural of Underworld

Source: Wiktionary


UNDERWORLD

Un"der*world`, n.

1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth. That overspreads (with such a reverence) This underworld. Daniel.

2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.

3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.] Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld. Tennyson.

4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] Atterbury.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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