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otherworldliness

[uhth-er-wurld-lee] Origin

oth·er·world·ly

[uhth-er-wurld-lee]
adjective
of, pertaining to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.

Origin:
1870–75; other world + -ly

oth·er·world·li·ness, noun
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otherworldly (ˌʌðəˈwɜːldlɪ)
 
adj
1.  of or relating to the spiritual or imaginative world
2.  impractical or unworldly
 
other'worldliness
 
n

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otherworldly
1873, from other + world. (Otherworldliness is recorded from 1834).
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