by neufer » Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:20 pm
geckzilla wrote:
The Solar aliens living in the sun might object to your Earth-centric discrimination against the use of "world".
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World, n. [OE. world; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; Cf. Werewolf.]
1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.
- With desire to know, What nearer might concern him, how this world Of heaven and earth conspicuous first began. Milton.
2. Any planet
or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited,
and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds.
- Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Star distant, but high-hand seemed other worlds. Milton.
[quote="geckzilla"]
The Solar aliens living in the sun might object to your Earth-centric discrimination against the use of "world". ;)[/quote]
World, n. [OE. world; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; Cf. Werewolf.]
1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.
[list][i][color=#0000FF]With desire to know, What nearer might concern him, how this world Of heaven and earth conspicuous first began.[/color][/i] Milton.[/list]
2. Any planet [u]or heavenly body, especially[/u] when considered as inhabited,
and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds.
[list][i][color=#0000FF]Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Star distant, but high-hand seemed other worlds.[/color][/i] Milton.[/list]