worldkin

worldkin

English

Etymology

From world +‎ -kin.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: world‧kin
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːldkɪn/

Noun

worldkin (plural worldkins)

1. A diminutive or miniature world; microcosm.
   • 1887, Thomas Carlyle, Sartor resartus:

     I too could now say to myself: Be no longer a Chaos, 'but a World, or even Worldkin. Produce! Produce! […] '

   • 1900, Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic Monthly:

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

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

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