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merworld en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From mer- + world.

Meanings

  1. (no-plural) The undersea world of merfolk.
    • Oliver hadn't written any stories about the merworld, but knowing him there were probably at least a couple pages of notes about the place somewhere in his notebook. 2010, Frédérick S. Parker, Finding the Kingdom of the Centaurs, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 171:
    • Reflecting a slightly modified version of the hero narrative, Eric rescues Ariel from Ursula and concomitantly saves the merworld from a diabolical female in lieu of a male villain. 2011, Justin Charlebois, Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 98:
    • "I consider myself a reasonable merman," Triton thundered, "but contact between the merworld and the human world is strictly forbidden. Why did you disobey me and rescue that human?" 1996, Disney's Treasury of Children's Classics: From the Fox and the Hound to the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Disney Press, →ISBN, page 85: