WORLDLINESS

worldliness

(noun) concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs; “he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him”

sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity

(noun) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

worldliness (countable and uncountable, plural worldlinesses)

The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world.

Source: Wiktionary


World"li*ness, n.

Definition: The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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