citn.

Brit.

/sɪt/, U.S.

/sɪt/

Forms: 1600s–1700s citt, 1600s– cit.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: citizen n.

Etymology: Shortened < citizen n.Recorded earlier as a graphic abbreviation, as in the following, although it is unclear whether these instances show any connection with the later use:1594 T. Lodge Wounds Ciuill War iii. i. sig. D2^v Yong Cit: The yong mens voices shal preuaile my lords.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. iii. (stage direct.) Ent. another Citt.

1. colloquial.

a. A citizen (in various senses). Usually used more or less contemptuously, for example to denote a person from the town as opposed to the country, or a tradesman or shopkeeper as distinguished from a gentleman (cf. citizen n. 1b, 1c). Now archaic and historical.Used of both men and women; but cf. also citess n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > shopkeeper or tradesman

cit1633

shopocrat1841

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > as opposed to country

citizen?1518

cockney1564

cit1633

townling1738

townie1825

town mouse1835

townsperson1840

townee1899

1633 J. Shirley Contention Honour & Riches sig. C2 Sirra Cit, I doe challenge thee.

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iii. i. 35 As for my finical Cit, she removes but to her Countrey-house, and there insults over the Countrey Gentlewoman that never comes up.

1674 A. Marvell On Lord Mayor & Court of Aldermen presenting Copy of Freedoms in Coll. Poems Affairs of State (1689) II. 6 O ye Addle-brain'd Cits!

1733 A. Pope Impertinent 10 Why Turnpikes rose, and why no Cit, nor Clown Can gratis see the Country, or the Town?

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 116. ⁋10 The country ladies despised her as a cit.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cit, an inhabitant of a city, in an ill sense. A pert low townsman; a pragmatical trader.

1771 S. Johnson Falkland's Islands 56 The cits of London, and the boors of Middlesex.

1811 E. S. Barrett Metropolis I. i. 14 As she turned away to avoid their impertinent gaze, one of them raised the edge of her hat, and exclaimed—‘A pretty cit, by Gad!’

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. liv. 185 I intend to..send it to New York for the cits to read.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. viii. 186 The low hills of Highgate, Hampstead, and Hornsey, the paradise of cits.

1935 C. Brooks Jrnl. 26 Sept. (1998) 127 At the idea of impursing for a big Navy the cits cheered mightily.

1944 G. Heyer Friday's Child x. 112 The unexpected and quite inexplicable vision of his wife of his bosom tripping along with her hand resting on the arm of an obvious Cit.

1957 J. Wain Preliminary Ess. 70 One of Jonson's favourite satiric themes is always the misguided and ridiculous attempt of cits and parasites to ape the fashions of the élite.

2008 J. Quinn Mr. Cavendish, I Presume 143 He hated everything she stood for. She was a cit, you know.

†b. Citizenship; citizens collectively. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > status or rights of being a citizen

burgessy1340

civilityc1384

franchisea1400

burgess-shipa1450

free burghership?1555

citizenship1611

cit1679

burghership1725

citizenhood1851

1679 J. Carkesse Lucida Intervalla 31 I, the scorn & sport Will make you, e're I've done of Cit and Court.

1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park i. iii. 9 But pray, Sir Thomas, how long have you forsook the Court, and Embrac'd the Order of Citt?

a1704 T. Brown Epigr. 14 in Wks. (1707) I. He Cheats and Prays, a certain sign of Cit.

2. U.S. Military slang (now rare).

a. A civilian.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > civilian life > [noun] > a civilian

gownsman1612

citizena1616

mohair1785

civilian1794

pékin1827

cit1833

mufti1833

non-militant1840

civvy1915

shore-loafer1916

1833 Mil. & Naval Mag. U.S. Oct. 85 Another asked the ‘loan of my cit's pants and vest’.

1847 G. B. McClellan Mexican War Diary 2 Jan. (1917) 32 For Christmas dinner we had a beefsteak and some fried mush... We enjoyed it as much as the cits at home did their crack dinners.

1878 H. O. Flipper Colored Cadet at West Point 155 Some cit wanted to see a cadet and asked C—— if he could do so.

1907 Amer. Mag. 60 501/1 ‘Which is all you'd look for in a bloomin' cit,’ was his prompt, not to say contemptuous, reply.

1920 S. Lewis Main Street xiv. 174 But I can't be so very enthusiastic over the smug cits like Jack Elder.

b. In plural. Civilian clothes; ‘civvies’ (see civvy n. b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > civilian

coloured clothesa1753

mufti1816

plain clothes1822

cit1835

plebeskin1888

civvies1889

1835 Mil. & Naval Mag. U.S. Feb. 415 They resume their garments—and yet not those they just now wore.—There stands one in full ‘cits’ confessed; and there stand they all, five sober citizens.

1871 in O. E. Wood West Point Scrap Bk. 47 My uniform I've taken off, My ‘cits’ I've just put on.

1917 C. E. Jackson Jrnl. 4 June in P. L. Alger Tales Life & Family (1974) iii. 31 An ordinary working man—at least he was in ‘cits’ carrying a ladder—stopped in his tracks during the ceremony.

1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 217/1 They went, but not until Frank..had changed his comic uniform for cits that violated the Code of War.

Compounds

General attributive, complementary, etc. (in sense 1a).

ΚΠ

1694 Diluvium Lachrymarum 8 If by chance they stoop so low To think of Cit-born Veins, or so.

1696 D. Manley Lett. iv. 32 She seem'd a Giant of a Woman, but very fine, with a right Citt Air.

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 364 Decent cit-looking elderly gentlemen.

1996 D. Hughes Eng. Drama (1999) vii. 286 Behn..retains Marston's secondary gulling plot, adding some satire of cit fears of popery.

Derivatives

ˈcit-like adv. and adj. now rare

ΚΠ

1699 W. Pinkethman Love without Interest i. 3 A Cockney, and consider! Ha, ha, ha; come, quick, quick, mouth it Cit-like.

1705 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Posthumous Wks. III. 134 You will here find a frugal Table, but always ready furnish'd..; Cit-like Friends but faithful.

a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy i, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 293 The world, the cit-like world Bids thee beware.

1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 500 Their cit-like importance.

1872 tr. E. Marlitt Princess of Moor II. xxxi. 268 The kind of cit-like acquaintances, which afterwards hang about one's neck like lead.

1914 Living Age 28 Mar. 793/1 The house-sparrow is the most cit-like of birds, the gamin of the street.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cit
释义	citn. Brit. /sɪt/, U.S. /sɪt/ Forms: 1600s–1700s citt, 1600s– cit. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: citizen n. Etymology: Shortened < citizen n.Recorded earlier as a graphic abbreviation, as in the following, although it is unclear whether these instances show any connection with the later use:1594 T. Lodge Wounds Ciuill War iii. i. sig. D2^v Yong Cit: The yong mens voices shal preuaile my lords.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. iii. (stage direct.) Ent. another Citt. 1. colloquial. a. A citizen (in various senses). Usually used more or less contemptuously, for example to denote a person from the town as opposed to the country, or a tradesman or shopkeeper as distinguished from a gentleman (cf. citizen n. 1b, 1c). Now archaic and historical.Used of both men and women; but cf. also citess n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > shopkeeper or tradesman cit1633 shopocrat1841 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > as opposed to country citizen?1518 cockney1564 cit1633 townling1738 townie1825 town mouse1835 townsperson1840 townee1899 1633 J. Shirley Contention Honour & Riches sig. C2 Sirra Cit, I doe challenge thee. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iii. i. 35 As for my finical Cit, she removes but to her Countrey-house, and there insults over the Countrey Gentlewoman that never comes up. 1674 A. Marvell On Lord Mayor & Court of Aldermen presenting Copy of Freedoms in Coll. Poems Affairs of State (1689) II. 6 O ye Addle-brain'd Cits! 1733 A. Pope Impertinent 10 Why Turnpikes rose, and why no Cit, nor Clown Can gratis see the Country, or the Town? 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 116. ⁋10 The country ladies despised her as a cit. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cit, an inhabitant of a city, in an ill sense. A pert low townsman; a pragmatical trader. 1771 S. Johnson Falkland's Islands 56 The cits of London, and the boors of Middlesex. 1811 E. S. Barrett Metropolis I. i. 14 As she turned away to avoid their impertinent gaze, one of them raised the edge of her hat, and exclaimed—‘A pretty cit, by Gad!’ 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. liv. 185 I intend to..send it to New York for the cits to read. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. viii. 186 The low hills of Highgate, Hampstead, and Hornsey, the paradise of cits. 1935 C. Brooks Jrnl. 26 Sept. (1998) 127 At the idea of impursing for a big Navy the cits cheered mightily. 1944 G. Heyer Friday's Child x. 112 The unexpected and quite inexplicable vision of his wife of his bosom tripping along with her hand resting on the arm of an obvious Cit. 1957 J. Wain Preliminary Ess. 70 One of Jonson's favourite satiric themes is always the misguided and ridiculous attempt of cits and parasites to ape the fashions of the élite. 2008 J. Quinn Mr. Cavendish, I Presume 143 He hated everything she stood for. She was a cit, you know. †b. Citizenship; citizens collectively. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > status or rights of being a citizen burgessy1340 civilityc1384 franchisea1400 burgess-shipa1450 free burghership?1555 citizenship1611 cit1679 burghership1725 citizenhood1851 1679 J. Carkesse Lucida Intervalla 31 I, the scorn & sport Will make you, e're I've done of Cit and Court. 1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park i. iii. 9 But pray, Sir Thomas, how long have you forsook the Court, and Embrac'd the Order of Citt? a1704 T. Brown Epigr. 14 in Wks. (1707) I. He Cheats and Prays, a certain sign of Cit. 2. U.S. Military slang (now rare). a. A civilian. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > civilian life > [noun] > a civilian gownsman1612 citizena1616 mohair1785 civilian1794 pékin1827 cit1833 mufti1833 non-militant1840 civvy1915 shore-loafer1916 1833 Mil. & Naval Mag. U.S. Oct. 85 Another asked the ‘loan of my cit's pants and vest’. 1847 G. B. McClellan Mexican War Diary 2 Jan. (1917) 32 For Christmas dinner we had a beefsteak and some fried mush... We enjoyed it as much as the cits at home did their crack dinners. 1878 H. O. Flipper Colored Cadet at West Point 155 Some cit wanted to see a cadet and asked C—— if he could do so. 1907 Amer. Mag. 60 501/1 ‘Which is all you'd look for in a bloomin' cit,’ was his prompt, not to say contemptuous, reply. 1920 S. Lewis Main Street xiv. 174 But I can't be so very enthusiastic over the smug cits like Jack Elder. b. In plural. Civilian clothes; ‘civvies’ (see civvy n. b). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > civilian coloured clothesa1753 mufti1816 plain clothes1822 cit1835 plebeskin1888 civvies1889 1835 Mil. & Naval Mag. U.S. Feb. 415 They resume their garments—and yet not those they just now wore.—There stands one in full ‘cits’ confessed; and there stand they all, five sober citizens. 1871 in O. E. Wood West Point Scrap Bk. 47 My uniform I've taken off, My ‘cits’ I've just put on. 1917 C. E. Jackson Jrnl. 4 June in P. L. Alger Tales Life & Family (1974) iii. 31 An ordinary working man—at least he was in ‘cits’ carrying a ladder—stopped in his tracks during the ceremony. 1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 217/1 They went, but not until Frank..had changed his comic uniform for cits that violated the Code of War. Compounds General attributive, complementary, etc. (in sense 1a). ΚΠ 1694 Diluvium Lachrymarum 8 If by chance they stoop so low To think of Cit-born Veins, or so. 1696 D. Manley Lett. iv. 32 She seem'd a Giant of a Woman, but very fine, with a right Citt Air. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 364 Decent cit-looking elderly gentlemen. 1996 D. Hughes Eng. Drama (1999) vii. 286 Behn..retains Marston's secondary gulling plot, adding some satire of cit fears of popery. Derivatives ˈcit-like adv. and adj. now rare ΚΠ 1699 W. Pinkethman Love without Interest i. 3 A Cockney, and consider! Ha, ha, ha; come, quick, quick, mouth it Cit-like. 1705 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Posthumous Wks. III. 134 You will here find a frugal Table, but always ready furnish'd..; Cit-like Friends but faithful. a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy i, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 293 The world, the cit-like world Bids thee beware. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 500 Their cit-like importance. 1872 tr. E. Marlitt Princess of Moor II. xxxi. 268 The kind of cit-like acquaintances, which afterwards hang about one's neck like lead. 1914 Living Age 28 Mar. 793/1 The house-sparrow is the most cit-like of birds, the gamin of the street. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1633
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