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Webster 1913 Edition

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World

-ling

A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.

A foutre for the world and

worldlings

base.

Shakespeare

If we consider the expectations of futurity, the

worldling

gives up the argument.

Rogers.

And

worldlings

blot the temple’s gold.

Keble.

Noun.

A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.

If we consider the expectations of futurity, the worldling gives up the argument.

worldling ‎(plural worldlings)

a mundane person, preoccupied with worldly matters rather than spiritual affairs

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967