rus in urbephr.

Brit.

/ˌruːs ɪn ˈəːbeɪ/,

/ˌruːs ɪn ˈʊəbeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌrus ɪn ˈərbi/,

/ˌrus ɪn ˈərbeɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rūs in urbe.

Etymology: < classical Latin rūs in urbe country in city (Martial 12. 57. 18) < rūs country (see rural adj.) + in (see in prep.) + urbe , ablative of urbs city (see urban adj.).

The creation of an illusion of the countryside in a city; an urban building, garden, prospect, etc., which suggests the countryside. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town and country > [noun] > rural scene created in city

rus in urbe1728

garden city1838

greening1941

1708 E. Hatton New View London II. §4. 624/1 On the Front of this Mansion are these words depensiled in Capital Gold Characters,..Rus in Urbe (on the W. side) i.e. It has the advantages both of a City and Country-seat.]

1728 J. Oldmixon Bouhours' Arts Logick & Rhetorick iii. 284 He [sc. Tasso] never went out of the Woods in his Aminta: But we shall see presently 'twas Rus in Urbe.

1795 tr. K. P. Moritz Trav. Eng. 68 In Grosvenor-square..there is a little circular wood, intended, no doubt, to give one the idea of rus in urbe.

1841 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. 24 393/2 A very handsome country place..a first-rate rus in urbe, as the great auctioneer called it when he hammered it down.

1873 A. J. Munby Diary 21 May in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 330 P. A. Taylor is going to sell this charming rus in urbe; ample widespreading old country house, with timbered lawns, and acres of garden.

1939 ‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife ii. 33 This..is a remarkably non-committal room. Not so much rus in urbe as surburbia in rure.

1968 Times 15 Oct. 7/1 It is a natural progression of the rus in urbe feeling of fashion this autumn.

2000 A. Sayle Barcelona Plates 132 Katherine though had not chosen the house for its rus in urbe charms but rather for its proximity to the Law Courts.

Derivatives

rus-in-ˈurbe-ish adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town and country > [adjective] > rural scene created in city

rus-in-urbe-ish1759

1759 T. Gray Let. 24 July in Corr. (1971) II. 631 I am now settled in my new territories commanding Bedford gardens, and all the fields as far as Highgate and Hampstead..so rus-in-urbe-ish, that I believe I shall stay here.

1793 E. D. Clarke Tour S. Eng. iii. 144 There is, to use an expression of Gray's, something so rus-in-urbe-ish in the whole of it [sc. the Crescent], that I would chuse a house in that edifice, when compared with one in the Circus.

1850 Southey's Common-place Bk. 3rd ser. 86/2 Gray's rus-in-urbe-ish situation near the Museum.

1936 London Topographical Rec. 17 63 The rus-in-urbe-ish character of Bloomsbury.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rus in urbe
释义	rus in urbephr. Brit. /ˌruːs ɪn ˈəːbeɪ/, /ˌruːs ɪn ˈʊəbeɪ/, U.S. /ˌrus ɪn ˈərbi/, /ˌrus ɪn ˈərbeɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rūs in urbe. Etymology: < classical Latin rūs in urbe country in city (Martial 12. 57. 18) < rūs country (see rural adj.) + in (see in prep.) + urbe , ablative of urbs city (see urban adj.). The creation of an illusion of the countryside in a city; an urban building, garden, prospect, etc., which suggests the countryside. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town and country > [noun] > rural scene created in city rus in urbe1728 garden city1838 greening1941 1708 E. Hatton New View London II. §4. 624/1 On the Front of this Mansion are these words depensiled in Capital Gold Characters,..Rus in Urbe (on the W. side) i.e. It has the advantages both of a City and Country-seat.] 1728 J. Oldmixon Bouhours' Arts Logick & Rhetorick iii. 284 He [sc. Tasso] never went out of the Woods in his Aminta: But we shall see presently 'twas Rus in Urbe. 1795 tr. K. P. Moritz Trav. Eng. 68 In Grosvenor-square..there is a little circular wood, intended, no doubt, to give one the idea of rus in urbe. 1841 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. 24 393/2 A very handsome country place..a first-rate rus in urbe, as the great auctioneer called it when he hammered it down. 1873 A. J. Munby Diary 21 May in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 330 P. A. Taylor is going to sell this charming rus in urbe; ample widespreading old country house, with timbered lawns, and acres of garden. 1939 ‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife ii. 33 This..is a remarkably non-committal room. Not so much rus in urbe as surburbia in rure. 1968 Times 15 Oct. 7/1 It is a natural progression of the rus in urbe feeling of fashion this autumn. 2000 A. Sayle Barcelona Plates 132 Katherine though had not chosen the house for its rus in urbe charms but rather for its proximity to the Law Courts. Derivatives rus-in-ˈurbe-ish adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town and country > [adjective] > rural scene created in city rus-in-urbe-ish1759 1759 T. Gray Let. 24 July in Corr. (1971) II. 631 I am now settled in my new territories commanding Bedford gardens, and all the fields as far as Highgate and Hampstead..so rus-in-urbe-ish, that I believe I shall stay here. 1793 E. D. Clarke Tour S. Eng. iii. 144 There is, to use an expression of Gray's, something so rus-in-urbe-ish in the whole of it [sc. the Crescent], that I would chuse a house in that edifice, when compared with one in the Circus. 1850 Southey's Common-place Bk. 3rd ser. 86/2 Gray's rus-in-urbe-ish situation near the Museum. 1936 London Topographical Rec. 17 63 The rus-in-urbe-ish character of Bloomsbury. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.1728
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