worldy

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English worldy, worldi. By surface analysis, world +‎ -y.

Adjective

worldy (comparative more worldy, superlative most worldy)

1. (rare) Synonym of worldly
   • 1919, Marguerite Stockman Dickson, Vocational Guidance for Girls‎^[1]:

     For these worldy advantages you offer, I will sell you my body and my soul.

   • 1992 November 27, Ted Shen, “Yo-Yo Ma”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     Listen to him play a Bach cello suite and you'll grasp its proportionate beauty and the conviction that music transcends all worldy concerns.

   • 2007 December 30, Tom Shone, “The Big Sleepover”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     Already on her second marriage when she met Chandler, she was worldy, sexually wise and 18 years his senior, a fact he apparently didn’t know until after they were married.

Etymology 2

From world +‎ -y, from world-class.

Noun

worldy (plural worldies)

1. (UK, slang) Alternative form of worldie (“anything particularly excellent of its kind”)

Anagrams

• wordly