other-worldly

other-worldly — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to an imaginary or spiritual world. 2) unworldly …   English terms dictionary

other-worldly — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Other worldly people, things, and places seem strange or spiritual, and not much connected with ordinary things. They encourage an image of the region as an other worldly sort of place... The girl looked up, and smiled a… …   English dictionary

other-worldly — adj. 1 unworldly; impractical. 2 concerned with life after death etc. Derivatives: other worldliness n. * * * ▶ adjective ETHEREAL, dreamy, spiritual, mystic, mystical; unearthly, unworldly, supernatural. Opposites realistic. * * * ˌother… …   Useful english dictionary

other-worldly — /ʌðəˈwɜldli/ (say udhuh werldlee) adjective 1. of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination, or the world to come. 2. neglectful; impractical: *God, you intellectual types are so other worldly –john a. scott, 1988.… …   Australian English dictionary

other-worldly — adjective 1》 relating to an imaginary or spiritual world. 2》 unworldly. Derivatives other worldliness noun …   English new terms dictionary

Other-worldly, indeed! — Other worldly means more concerned with spiritual matters than with daily life. The exclamation indeed is used to express surprise, annoyance or lack of belief. Source: (Arakin 4, 77) …   Idioms and examples

Worldly — World ly, a. [AS. woroldlic.] [1913 Webster] 1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. I thus neglecting worldly ends. Shak. [1913 Webster] Many years it hath continued, standing by no other worldly mean but… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Mithras in comparison with other belief systems — This is an article on Mithraism in Comparative Mythology and Comparative Theology. See Mithraic Mysteries for the main article. The Roman cult of Mithras had connections with other pagan deities. Popular writers sometimes suggest links with… …   Wikipedia

The Worldly Philosophers — The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers is a book by Robert L. Heilbroner. The book was written in 1953 and has sold more than four million copies through seven editions. (The only other book on the… …   Wikipedia

The Winding Stair and Other Poems — The Winding Stair is a volume of poems by William Butler Yeats, published in 1933. It was the next new volume after 1928 s The Tower . (The title poem was originally published in 1929 by Fountain Press in a signed/limited edition, which is… …   Wikipedia

Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …   Universalium