worldkin

world·kin
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UK/ˈwɜːldkɪn/

noun

A diminutive or miniature world; a microcosm.

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Meanings

nounworldkin (plural worldkins)

plural worldkins

  1. A diminutive or miniature world; a microcosm.

    "Our little worldkin is very quiet & nothing is new therein. […]"

    1979, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr, Essays, first series
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    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

    How in this humdrum worldkin of ours did mortal men ever come to do this madness?

    1900, Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic Monthly

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
microcosm

Origin

From world + -kin.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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