单词 | townliness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈtownliness ˈtownliness n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > urban character or life urbanityc1550 townliness1819 towniness1862 urbanism1884 1819 Monthly Mag. Jan. 507/1 The cycle, which began with admiring the townliness of Pope, terminated in confessing that there was more genuine poetry in the villagery of Cowper. 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) II. xxxiii. 235 They throw off..their airs, and their ‘townliness’. 2010 C. J. Heimbuch Chasing O. H. Perry xvii. 184 Their towns [were] severely lacking in townliness. < as lemmas |
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