Middletownn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdltaʊn/, U.S.

/ˈmɪd(ə)lˌtaʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., town n.

Etymology: < middle adj. + town n. Compare earlier midtown n.Middletown is attested as a place name in the United States from the early 19th cent.; compare the common English place name Middleton (attested from c900 in the Old English form Middeltūn).

†1. In form middle town. The centre of a town. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > parts of town

panec1400

retinue1535

new town1600

town centre1836

Middletown1855

neighbourhood unit1929

1855 S. Rodman Diary (1927) 324/1 I went to the middle town [of Shirley Village, Massachusetts] on two first days and heard good sermons.

1885 Catholic World May 241 But one rude fellow, from the dung-hills shook Perhaps, or by the gutters floated down That drain the poisons of the middle town..Did turn his eyes upon her.

2. Chiefly U.S. An archetypal or typical middle-class town or small city.The Middletown of the Lynds' classic study (see quot. 1929), to which many instances of Middletown have allusion, was based on Muncie, Indiana.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > other types of town or city

ruin1561

metropolitan district1817

ville lumière1920

Middletown1926

Motopia1959

1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 6/1 Mary Hollinsworth, watching Claire as she folded things and laid them in her trunk, grew fearful lest she..do a sleep walk into Middletown, instead of continuing to the ultimate Mecca.

1929 R. S. Lynd & H. M. Lynd (title) Middletown: a study in contemporary American culture.

1938 Mississippi Hist. Rev. 25 124 The nature of the sources consulted makes Mr. Schultz' portrayal seem a more accurate description of the antebellum Middletowns of the West than is ordinarilty met with.

1948 H. Mannheim (title) Juvenile delinquency in an English middletown.

1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing v. 65 Another factor..is the uniform dreariness of the average Russian town and its lack of architectural character... This uniformity reminds one of the middle~towns of America.

1974 Times 21 Feb. 4/7 ‘Middletown’ is bored nearly to tears by the television coverage of the [election] campaign.

1994 Wall St. Jrnl. 25 Nov. a5/2 AK ran radio spots and a nightly soap opera called ‘Decision in Middletown’ on a local cable-TV channel.

Derivatives

ˈMiddletowner n. chiefly U.S. the (perceived or hypothetical) average inhabitant of a middle-class town or small city.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie > person

bourgeois1704

gigman1830

haut bourgeois1846

petit bourgeois1851

petty bourgeois1871

middle-classer1886

middle-middle1926

Middletowner1937

middle1955

bourgie1966

1937 Life 10 May 16/2 Three out of every ten Middletowners live in the more elegant northside homes.

1974 Times 28 Feb. 18/7 Middletowners..are not political animals... Three weeks in Middletown suggests to me that no party leader has tried to find out what bothers its people.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	middletown
释义	Middletownn. Brit. /ˈmɪdltaʊn/, U.S. /ˈmɪd(ə)lˌtaʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., town n. Etymology: < middle adj. + town n. Compare earlier midtown n.Middletown is attested as a place name in the United States from the early 19th cent.; compare the common English place name Middleton (attested from c900 in the Old English form Middeltūn). †1. In form middle town. The centre of a town. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > parts of town panec1400 retinue1535 new town1600 town centre1836 Middletown1855 neighbourhood unit1929 1855 S. Rodman Diary (1927) 324/1 I went to the middle town [of Shirley Village, Massachusetts] on two first days and heard good sermons. 1885 Catholic World May 241 But one rude fellow, from the dung-hills shook Perhaps, or by the gutters floated down That drain the poisons of the middle town..Did turn his eyes upon her. 2. Chiefly U.S. An archetypal or typical middle-class town or small city.The Middletown of the Lynds' classic study (see quot. 1929), to which many instances of Middletown have allusion, was based on Muncie, Indiana. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > other types of town or city ruin1561 metropolitan district1817 ville lumière1920 Middletown1926 Motopia1959 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 6/1 Mary Hollinsworth, watching Claire as she folded things and laid them in her trunk, grew fearful lest she..do a sleep walk into Middletown, instead of continuing to the ultimate Mecca. 1929 R. S. Lynd & H. M. Lynd (title) Middletown: a study in contemporary American culture. 1938 Mississippi Hist. Rev. 25 124 The nature of the sources consulted makes Mr. Schultz' portrayal seem a more accurate description of the antebellum Middletowns of the West than is ordinarilty met with. 1948 H. Mannheim (title) Juvenile delinquency in an English middletown. 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing v. 65 Another factor..is the uniform dreariness of the average Russian town and its lack of architectural character... This uniformity reminds one of the middle~towns of America. 1974 Times 21 Feb. 4/7 ‘Middletown’ is bored nearly to tears by the television coverage of the [election] campaign. 1994 Wall St. Jrnl. 25 Nov. a5/2 AK ran radio spots and a nightly soap opera called ‘Decision in Middletown’ on a local cable-TV channel. Derivatives ˈMiddletowner n. chiefly U.S. the (perceived or hypothetical) average inhabitant of a middle-class town or small city. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie > person bourgeois1704 gigman1830 haut bourgeois1846 petit bourgeois1851 petty bourgeois1871 middle-classer1886 middle-middle1926 Middletowner1937 middle1955 bourgie1966 1937 Life 10 May 16/2 Three out of every ten Middletowners live in the more elegant northside homes. 1974 Times 28 Feb. 18/7 Middletowners..are not political animals... Three weeks in Middletown suggests to me that no party leader has tried to find out what bothers its people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855
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