world-read

English

Adjective

world-read (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Of a journal or publication, widely or internationally renowned.
    • 1895, Thomas Hardy, The Writings of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse, Volume 3, page x:
      Then there was the case of the lady who having shuddered at the book in an influential article bearing intermediate headlines of horror, and printed in a world-read journal, wrote to me shortly afterwards that it was her desire to make my acquaintance.
    • 1898, Charles Dudley Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne, George H. Warner, George Henry Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle (editors), Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern, page 271:
      In a vein of highly original humor this world-read book records a pleasure excursion on the Quaker City to Europe, the Holy Land, and Egypt, in the sixties.
    • 1918, Municipal Engineering Publications, Municipal Engineering and the Sanitary Record, Volume 61, page 14:
      This is such a vital question to your professional readers , that I am sure you will find this letter of general interest to the subscribers of your world-read publication.
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