English Explanatory Dictionary

umbworld

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The surrounding world; the world or sphere about one; the environment.

Word forms

umbworld umbworlds

Etymology

From umb- (“around, about”) + world, a calque of German Umwelt (early 19th c.). Compare Dutch omwereld, Swedish omvärld, etc., also from the German.

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