单词 | the montpellier of |
释义 | > as lemmasthe Montpellier of —— 1. the Montpellier of ——: the place regarded as the most pleasant and beneficial to health in a specified region.With allusion to the perception of Montpellier in southern France as having a particularly pleasant and healthy location and situation.Less common after the early 20th cent. ΚΠ 1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. i. 1 St. Edmund's Bury..is a Town fam'd for its pleasant Situation and wholsome air, the Montpelier of Suffolk, and perhaps of England. 1798 Edinb. Mag. Apr. 248/2 It [sc. the Cape of Good Hope] may,..in my opinion, be stiled the Montpellier of the Southern Hemisphere. 1820 Leigh's New Picture Eng. & Wales 488 Richmond..is the finest, the most luxuriant, the most picturesque spot in the British dominions, and from the singular beauty of its situation, has been termed the Frescati and the Montpellier of England. 1857 J. Holdsworth Geol. Ireland xiii. 226 A happy combination of some such physical agreméns, has..entitled Rosstrevor to be designated the Montpellier of Ireland. 1898 E. D. Mead in L. P. Powell Hist. Towns New Eng. 113 Old Rutland might well be called the Montpellier of Massachusetts. 1967 E. S. Turner Taking Cure xiv. 203 Almost every English spa professed to be the Montpellier of its region. 1999 Independent 22 May (Money section) 10/1 Bury St Edmunds..has a Georgian appearance and is known as the Montpellier of England. < as lemmas |
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