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wordling

wordling noun: worldling.

Noun

wordling (plural wordlings)

  1. (misspelling, nonstandard) Worldling.
    • Yea, and the verye Godleſſe wordling that is furtheſt from all true ſenſe of Religion and holyneffe, ſhall heare thoſe terrible threatninges of Gods iustice, that when God ſhall touch him by ſickeneſſe or other affliction,bee hee neuer ſo deſperate, ſhall make his conſcience to quake.1573, T. Cooper, “An Epiſtle to the Reader”, in A briefe exposition of ſuch Chapters of the olde testament […] , London: […] H. D. for Rafe Newbery, page iiij
    • No Wordling will acknowledge how much and how farre he minds earthly things, even when he condemnerh others of the ſame ſin.1658, Samuel Crook, “The Worldly Hypocrite” (chapter XIV), in Τα Διαφέροντα, or Divine Characters in Two Parts, London: […] A. B. and […] Joseph Cranford, page 140

Forms of wordling

pluralwordlings

Origin of wordling

See worldling.

Questions about wordling

What does wordling mean?
Wordling means worldling.
What part of speech is wordling?
Wordling is a noun.
What is the plural of wordling?
The plural of wordling is wordlings.

Words near wordling in the dictionary

  1. wordlets
  2. wordlike
  3. wordlikeness
  4. wordline
  5. wordlines
  6. wordling
  7. wordlings
  8. wordlist
  9. wordlists
  10. wordlore
  11. wordly

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