worldliness
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English worldlynesse, equivalent to worldly + -ness. Compare West Frisian wrâldlikens (“worldliness”), German Weltlichkeit (“worldliness”), Swedish världslighet (“worldliness”).
NounEdit
worldliness (countable and uncountable, plural worldlinesses)
- The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world.
TranslationsEdit
the quality of being worldly
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