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it is a world
P14. it is a world: ‘it is a great thing’, ‘it is a marvel’. Chiefly with to and infinitive, as in it is a world to see. Similarly †it is a world and (also a) wonder. Now regional.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > wonder, be astonished [phrase] > it is wonderful
it is a worldc1495
it is a world and (also a) wonder1600
mirabile dictua1634
it is to be wondered1654
strange to say, tell1697
strange enough1853
c1495 15th Cent. School Bk. (Arun. 249) (1956) 3 It is a worlde to se the delectacioun..that a mann shall have which riseth erly in thies summer mornynges.
a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2205 (MED) Euerychone on other ferly they sette..and trewly for to speke It was a world to here the sperys breke.
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Cvv It is a worlde to se her whyrle Daunsynge in a rounde.
?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 78 Ys it not a world to consider the desier of wylfull prynces whan they fully be bent..to fullfyll ther voluptious Appetytes.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. xxvi. 105 A world and wonder it is to hear them speak.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 307 'Tis a world to see How tame when men and women are alone, A meacocke wretch can make the curstest shrew. View more context for this quotation
1620 L. Andrewes 96 Serm.: Holy Ghost (1629) xiii. 738 But it were a world to rake up old errors.
1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum 52 It is a world to see, what pert Gynny Birds their Gossips are.
1666 W. Dugdale Origines Juridiciales 152/1 The Prince so served will tender meats,..as it seemed wonder a world to observe the provision.
1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding i. v. 6 Well, as I am an honest woman, who would have thought it? it is a world to see!
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) It's a woo'ld to see that theer little un order the big uns to the roight abaout!
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