merworld

merworld

English

Etymology

From mer- +‎ world.

Noun

merworld (plural not attested)

1. (fantasy) The undersea world of merfolk.
   • 1996, Disney's Treasury of Children's Classics: From the Fox and the Hound to the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Disney Press (1996), →ISBN, page 85:

     "I consider myself a reasonable merman," Triton thundered, "but contact between the merworld and the human world is strictly forbidden. Why did you disobey me and rescue that human?"

   • 2010, Frédérick S. Parker, Finding the Kingdom of the Centaurs, AuthorHouse (2010), →ISBN, page 171:

     Oliver hadn't written any stories about the merworld, but knowing him there were probably at least a couple pages of notes about the place somewhere in his notebook.

   • 2011, Justin Charlebois, Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities, Lexington Books (2011), →ISBN, page 98:

     Reflecting a slightly modified version of the hero narrative, Eric rescues Ariel from Ursula and concomitantly saves the merworld from a diabolical female in lieu of a male villain.