worldling

English

Etymology

From world +‎ -ling.

Noun

worldling (plural worldlings)

  1. A mundane person, preoccupied with worldly affairs rather than spiritual matters.
    • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 21:
      […] if the simple look benevolently on money, how much more do your old worldlings regard it! Their affections rush out to meet and welcome money.

References

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

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