Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

worldwisdom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: world-wis-dom
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Wisdom, knowledge, or understanding about the world; experience; philosophy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the Wessex labourer of today, who ploughs the field, walks the lonely heath, sits in his village inn and talks the Old Worldwisdom, he sees the same man who was there a hundred, five hundred, a thousand years ago."
"Ælfric's words in these lives and his apologetic remarks on youngsters having to earn 'worldwisdom' are powerfully reminiscent of Augpstine's De doctrina Christiana: […]"
"After a few months, I come again to the record & it seems a mere bit of glistening tin or tinsel, and no such worldwisdom."

Etymology

From Middle English *worldwisdom, (found only as worldes wisdom (literally “world's wisdom”)), from Old English woruldwīsdōm (“worldly wisdom, science”), equivalent to world + wisdom.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *worldwisdom, woruldwīsdōm

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

worldwise

Questions

What does worldwisdom mean?: Wisdom, knowledge, or understanding about the world; experience; philosophy.
Where does worldwisdom come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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