outworldn.adj.
/ˈaʊtwəːld/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌwər(ə)ld/ A. n.
The external or outside world; the world external to a person's mind, sphere of action, etc. Also: a remote, distant, or outlying world.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [noun] > the external world
withoutforth1474
outworld1642
outward1832
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. M3v This out world continually hath wade Through a long long-spun time that never had Beginning.
1647 H. More Resolution 60 And long acquaintance with the light Of this Outworld.
1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 755 Forth glided—not alone Each painted warrior, every girl of stone,—..But the entire out-world.
1899 S. Baring-Gould Vicar of Morwenstow vii. 193 I hope to hear from you what is going on in the out-world.
1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold ii. v. 312 In this savage out-world a man stood for a man.
1983 D. Duane So you want to be Wizard 120 It would be folly to try matching wizardries with the Lone Power on its own ground, this outworld long given over to its rule.
1993 Sydney Morning Herald 2 Oct. (Spectrum Suppl.) 13 a/7 (heading) Postcards from the outworlds.
B. adj.
Of or belonging to the external or outside world; of or belonging to a place remote from the ordinary world; (Science Fiction) from or belonging to another planet (cf. off-world adj.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible
outc1425
inaccessible?a1475
out-way1532
deviate1575
unaccessible1596
reachless1597
devious1599
wandering1600
untouchable1622
outlying1651
back1683
no-nationa1756
out-of-the-way1756
outlandish1792
eccentric1800
outworld1808
out-by1816
outside1847
off-lying1859
unget-at-able1862
far-out1887
far-back1900
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [adjective] > remote or outlying
out of the wayc1175
uplandishc1380
foreign1424
outland1500
outlying1651
outsetting1658
back country1775
out-of-the-world1775
outlandish1792
outworld1808
upcountry1810
backwoodish1836
fresh water1860
backwoodsy1862
way back1884
outstate1911
upstate1935
1808–26 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1980) I. 692 The Resistance is a pleasurable energy, followed by a gladsome Self-finding (Empfindung)—but the Resistee or Out-world Influence is the Condition of this resistance.
1884 M. Crommelin Brown-eyes iii. 28 Sometimes..came a foreigner or two from far lands,..attracted, by hearing at Amsterdam of this strange out-world spot.
1908 M. J. Cawein Poems 165 The roar of cataracts hurled in air, And the hurricane, laying its thunders bare, And the rush of battling beasts..Were my outworld joys.
1940 Social Forces 19 37 This archetypical knowledge has in itself a system covering the most important human and outworld relations of a human being as: family, sex, feeding.
1969 A. McCaffrey Ship who Sang 95 Among his many grievances with the galaxy at large, the extortionate price of repairs and maintenance made by outworld stations ranked high.
1986 A. C. Clarke Songs of Distant Earth 19 It was an awesome responsibility, facing only the second outworld spacecraft in the history of the planet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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