Worldling
[wә:ldliŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world.
Editor: Noreen--From WordNet
Definition
(-) A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.
Typist: Mabel
Examples
- My meditative silence appeared to weigh upon the spirits of this worldling, and to force him, as it were, into talking to me against his own will. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Until this dauntless worldling came in and broke the spell, and lifted the latch, we too have forborne to enter into that sad chamber. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Instead of being present, the life and soul of that struggling Institution, he had engaged to make one of a party of worldlings at a morning concert! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They were the worldlings of Judea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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