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worldkin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɜːldkɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From world + -kin.

Meanings

1. A diminutive or miniature world; a microcosm.
   • How in this humdrum worldkin of ours did mortal men ever come to do this madness? 1900, Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic Monthly:
   • "Our little worldkin is very quiet & nothing is new therein. […]" 1979, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr, Essays, first series:
   • I too could now say to myself: Be no longer a Chaos, but a World, or even Worldkin. Produce! Produce! 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “The Everlasting Yea”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 136:

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