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worldling

[ wurld-ling ]

noun

  1. a person devoted to the interests and pleasures of this world; a worldly person:

    Those who sought money and treasures were indiscriminately classed as worldlings and apostates.



worldling

/ 藞飞蓽藧濒诲濒瑟艐 /

noun

  1. a person who is primarily concerned with worldly matters or material things
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of worldling1

First recorded in 1540鈥50; world + -ling 1
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Example Sentences

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Ambitious men caught glimpses of nobler ambitions than their own, and even worldlings confessed that his beliefs were beautiful and true, although 鈥榯hey wouldn鈥檛 pay鈥.

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As Wilson writes, 鈥淲hile worldlings were living as though there was no tomorrow, fanatical preachers were warning that there was a tomorrow 鈥 the day of God鈥檚 fearsome judgement.鈥

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I had lived my adulthood as a postmodern man, a worldling of the coasts and cities.

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Art worldlings who harbor resentments against Conceptualism and the necessity of reading labels to understand art will find Broodthaers a trial.

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And do you still use the oaths of worldlings, as you did just now?

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