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

17 September 2024

SPOT

(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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