small-townadj.

Brit.

/ˌsmɔːlˈtaʊn/, U.S.

/ˈˌsmɔlˈtaʊn/,

/ˈˌsmɑlˈtaʊn/

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

Etymology: < small adj. + town n.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a small town; unsophisticated, provincial.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [adjective] > rude or ignorant peasant

bacon-fed1598

hobnailed1599

pezantic1613

municipal1619

hobnail1624

swainish1642

bumpkinly1656

puttish1738

bumpkinish1778

hobbish1823

yokel1823

small-town1824

clodhopping1828

yokelish1886

hick1920

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [adjective] > small town

small-town1824

small-townish1832

small-towny1914

Podunk1943

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 659/2 Nothing can be better than Miss Austin's [sic] sketches of that sober, orderly, small-town, parsonage, sort of society in which she herself had spent her life.

1859 Bentley's Q. Rev. July 437 If ‘George Eliot’ proves to be..a very young man, son of a small town tradesman [etc.].

1881 Harper's Mag. Jan. 223/2 Cosmopolitans, they do not sink into the ruts of small-town life.

1930 R. Macaulay Staying with Relations xvii. 254 It looked even a little more decayed and small-town than the Miramar.

1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. i. ii. 14 The Jews had..only a homogeneous lower-middle-class of Eastern European small-town origin.

1959 Times 30 Sept. 13/4 A lawyer who is by no means so simple and small-town as he makes himself out to be.

1969 A. Lurie Real People 105 Not a slick professional show like Saratoga; but very amateurish, small-town.

1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Sept. 1047/4 Pinning her characters..in small-town Oregon.., she uncovers the hidden principles and ambitions of little men and women as they battle against the smothering ordinariness of suburban life.

2010 Atlantic Monthly June 19/2 A crafty small-town defense lawyer, a Central African Atticus Finch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	small-town
释义	small-townadj. Brit. /ˌsmɔːlˈtaʊn/, U.S. /ˈˌsmɔlˈtaʊn/, /ˈˌsmɑlˈtaʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: small adj., town n. Etymology: < small adj. + town n. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a small town; unsophisticated, provincial. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [adjective] > rude or ignorant peasant bacon-fed1598 hobnailed1599 pezantic1613 municipal1619 hobnail1624 swainish1642 bumpkinly1656 puttish1738 bumpkinish1778 hobbish1823 yokel1823 small-town1824 clodhopping1828 yokelish1886 hick1920 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [adjective] > small town small-town1824 small-townish1832 small-towny1914 Podunk1943 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 659/2 Nothing can be better than Miss Austin's [sic] sketches of that sober, orderly, small-town, parsonage, sort of society in which she herself had spent her life. 1859 Bentley's Q. Rev. July 437 If ‘George Eliot’ proves to be..a very young man, son of a small town tradesman [etc.]. 1881 Harper's Mag. Jan. 223/2 Cosmopolitans, they do not sink into the ruts of small-town life. 1930 R. Macaulay Staying with Relations xvii. 254 It looked even a little more decayed and small-town than the Miramar. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. i. ii. 14 The Jews had..only a homogeneous lower-middle-class of Eastern European small-town origin. 1959 Times 30 Sept. 13/4 A lawyer who is by no means so simple and small-town as he makes himself out to be. 1969 A. Lurie Real People 105 Not a slick professional show like Saratoga; but very amateurish, small-town. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Sept. 1047/4 Pinning her characters..in small-town Oregon.., she uncovers the hidden principles and ambitions of little men and women as they battle against the smothering ordinariness of suburban life. 2010 Atlantic Monthly June 19/2 A crafty small-town defense lawyer, a Central African Atticus Finch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1824
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