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townish, a.|ˈtaʊnɪʃ|
[f. town n. + -ish1.]
†1. Of or pertaining to a town; living, situated, or existing in a town; urban. Obs.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy i. 1339 To gape & loke, as it wer on a mase; Þis townysche folk do so comownly On euery þing þat falleth sodeinly. a1542Wyatt Sat. J. Poins 4 A song made of the feldishe mouse: That..Would nedes go se her townish sisters house. 1587Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 53 Leave off to leade thy life in lawndes, imbrace thy townish good. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 74 Bakers that dwell in Cities and Towns were allowed 6s...which..is still generally allowed to Townish Bakers.
2. Pertaining to or characteristic of the town or town life, esp. as distinguished from the country (in quot. 1500–20, from the court); having the manners or habits of town-dwellers.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xlii. 39 Ȝe be to townage, be this buke, To be my ladeis presoneir. Ibid. lxxv. 247 He wes townysche, peirt, and gukit. 1530Palsgr. 464 To bringe up an uplandysshe person in better maners or more townysshe condycions. 1600Maides Metam. iv. in Bullen Old Pl. (1882) I. 149 As townish damzels lend the hand But send the heart to him aloofe doth stand. 1820Blackw. Mag. VIII. 16 There is a certain townish something about the inhabitants in general.
Hence ˈtownishly adv., ˈtownishness.
1645J. Bond Occasus Occid. 33 Another Place, Person, or Town-ship, (peradventure) have stood too Townishly upon their Priviledges and Liberties. a1859De Quincey Posth. Wks. (1891) I. 222 A peculiar style of gossip, of babble, and of miniature intriguing, invests the atmosphere of little ‘townishness’. |