单词 | citified |
释义 | citifiedadj. Urban in character or appearance; urbanized. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [adjective] > like or occupied by city citied1612 citified1819 1819 F. MacDonogh Hermit in London II. xxxiv. 173 A citified looking old spinster. 1828 Yankee & Boston Lit. Gaz. 16 July 227 There is a deal more comfort in playing with a country lass..than with a cityfied girl. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer i. 22 He had a citified air about him that ate into Tom's vitals. 1937 ‘C. Caudwell’ Illusion & Reality 86 It is now a more cityfied, sensible, less romantic and picturesque court. 1945 F. Stark East is West xxvi. 185 Taken by his son..who looked like a slighter and citified version of his father. 2008 A. Adiga White Tiger 197 I was corrupted from a sweet, innocent village fool into a citified fellow full of debauchery, depravity, and wickedness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1819 |
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