Merworld

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The undersea world of merfolk. no-plural

    ""I consider myself a reasonable merman," Triton thundered, "but contact between the merworld and the human world is strictly forbidden. Why did you disobey me and rescue that human?""

Example

More examples

""I consider myself a reasonable merman," Triton thundered, "but contact between the merworld and the human world is strictly forbidden. Why did you disobey me and rescue that human?""

Etymology

From mer- + world.

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