WORLDLY-MINDED
World"ly-mind`ed, a.
Defn: Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. — World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
WORLDLYWISE; WORLDLY-WISE
World"ly*wise`, World"ly`-*wise`, a.
Defn: Wise in regard to things of this world. Bunyan.
WORLD-WIDE
World"-wide`, a.
Defn: Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame. Tennyson.
WORM
Worm (wûrm), n. Etym: [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D. worm, OS.
& G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth. waúrms, L. vermis, Gr.
Vermicelli, Vermilion, Vermin.]
1. A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like. [Archaic] There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a murderer. Tyndale (Acts xxviii. 3, 4). 'T is slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile. Shak. When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm, His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks. Longfellow.
2. Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm. Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a) Any helminth; an entozoön. (b) Any annelid. (c) An insect larva. (d) pl.
Defn: Same as Vermes.