worldless
9.9
Not part of any real place or real life
- adjective
- Literature
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sin mundo
- The artist's inspiration came from a worldless realm beyond our imagination.
She cried out aloud a clear word, worldless, wordless cry.
- She cried out aloud a clear word, worldless, wordless cry.
Examples
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He often felt detached from reality, living in a worldless existence filled with dreams.
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The story unfolds in a worldless setting, where no human concerns interfere with its beauty.
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She cried out aloud a clear word, worldless, wordless cry.
Synonyms
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7.8
Seeming to come from another world and very strange
actually exists outside any known reality rather than merely seeming strange
How Worldly
Surface Forms
worldless positive
Morphology
Etymology
Worldless comes from world and the ending -less, which means 'without'. Picture someone floating with no place to belong; being 'without a world' explains why the word means existing outside any known reality.