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world-wearied en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Synonym of world-weary.
    • O here / Will I ſet vp my euerlaſting reſt: / And ſhake the yoke of inauſpicious ſtarres / From this world-wearied fleſh: [...] c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 75, column 2:

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more world-wearied Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most world-wearied Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

world-weary