urbanityn.

Brit.

/əːˈbanᵻti/, U.S.

/ərˈbænədi/

Forms: late Middle English urbanytie, late Middle English 1600s urbanitie, late Middle English–1500s vrbanyte, 1500s urbanyte, 1500s vrbanite, 1500s vrbanitee, 1500s–1600s urbanytye, 1500s–1600s vrbanitie, 1500s–1600s vrbanity, 1500s– urbanity.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French urbanité; Latin urbānitāt-, urbānitās.

Etymology: Originally < Middle French urbanité (French urbanité ) courtesy, civility (1454; earlier in sense ‘social relations between inhabitants of a town’ (c1370)) and its etymon classical Latin urbānitāt-, urbānitās qualities typical of a city-dweller, sophistication, polish, refined politeness, suavity, condition of living in a city (esp. Rome), refinement or polish or style, elegance or smartness of humour, wit < urbānus urban adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Italian urbanità (a1543; 14th cent. as †urbanitade ), Spanish urbanidad (a1440; 1385 as †urbanitad ), Portuguese urbanidade (1619). In sense 3 (which is not paralleled in French before the 20th cent.) probably partly after urbane adj. and urban adj.

a. The character or quality of being urbane; courtesy, civility; refinement, sophistication, elegance (of manners, temper, etc.). Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > polish or refinement of manners

urbanityc1475

policya1522

gesture1580

politure1593

polishedness1594

facetiousness1644

politeness1655

politesse1683

refinement1704

refinedness1711

polish1713

tournure1748

smoothness1832

c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 33 (MED) Kervers and cupberers..nedeth to be well spede in taking of degree in the schole of urbanytie.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 328 Ane man he wes of greit vrbanitie.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. Prol. f. ii Egregiouse doctours..of your Urbanyte Exasperate nat your selfe againste me.

a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Eiij A right courtier is vertuous, gentill, and full of vrbanitie.

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale ix. 152 Cambuscan..eyenge Giant Horbills iollite, rann at his tassant plumes vrbanitie.

1630 Pathomachia ii. ii. 15 Those things which Citizens doe vnto Strangers may seeme to proceed from Craft: but that which they practise with their Friends is Vrbanitie of manners.

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxxvii His Urbanity, that is, his Good Manners, are to be commended.

1713 T. Birch in Guardian 22 Apr. 2/1 The Virtue called Urbanity by the Moralists, or a Courtly Behaviour.

1746 Gentleman's Mag. 7/2 Urbanity is a certain impression of politeness and goodness, which appears in the mind, conversation and sentiments of a person.

1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal vii He was all urbanity and good humour.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 152 If you have no respect for the laws of urbanity .

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 439 That exquisite urbanity, so often found potent to charm away the resentment of a justly incensed nation.

1881 Eclectic Mag. May 700/1 ‘Vastly obliged, I'm sure, my dear’, he replied, with the urbanity of tone which with him portended anything but urbanity of temper.

1907 W. Raleigh Shakespeare ii. 56 He delighted..in that graciousness and urbanity of bearing which is sometimes found in his princely men.

1973 H. Essame Patton xii. 185 He certainly tried Eisenhower's forbearance and urbanity to the limit.

1996 G. Studlar This Mad Masquerade i. 13 Gracefully balancing moral gentility and primitive instincts, wilderness skills and genteel urbanity.

b. In plural. Civilities, courtesies.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun]

gentilessea1413

courtesya1475

humanitya1533

urbanities1630

courtship1631

civility1645

gallantry1673

complaisance1710

politeness1720

complacency1749

attention1752

customary1756

sensibility1795

personality1811

amenity1826

suavities1852

1630 B. Goodall Tryall Trauell iii. sig. I 3 Last louely posture sages noble deeme, Vrbanityes defind its an esteeme.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vi. 23 The passages of societie and daily urbanities of our times.

1724 W. Dunkin Mezentius on Rack 11 But let this piece of Politeness pass with the ineffable Urbanities and liquid Spirit of his Longinus.

1799 Orphan Heiress v. 70 His taste and his urbanities were themes of general eulogy.

1822 J. Galt Provost xlii. 308 There is a surprising difference, in regard to the urbanities in use among those who have not yet come to authority.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 71 In the urbanities of social life,..Athens was without an equal, without a second.

1966 Times 16 May 12/6 This fiery particle of radicalism..was never tamed by the urbanities of political life in London.

1995 Independent 22 Dec. 11/1 Mr Evans is not a man to cloak his feelings in diplomatic urbanities.

†2. Sophisticated wit or humour; pleasant or witty conversation or language. Obsolete.Often, and esp. in later use, difficult to distinguish from sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > pleasant or witty

urbanity1542

rose parley1582

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 48^v Whiche woordes yet for all that bee more full of galle, then to bee conueniente for Aristippus, whose vrbanitee & merieconceipted woordes are not of so poynaunte a sorte.

a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Bj^v Then grudge not at all, if in my behauiour: I make the Kinge mery, with pleasant vrbanitie.

1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxi. 214 Men are delighted..with Elegancies, Tests, Vrbanity, and Flowers of wit.

1656 E. Reyner Rules Govt. Tongue 223 Use Recreational speeches;..this is urbanity, or pleasantness of speech.

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxxii Moral Doctrine, says he, and Urbanity, or well-manner'd Wit,..constitute the Roman Satire.

1750 J. Dunn tr. C. F. Lambert Coll. Curious Observ. II. ix. 92 A vast number of varied or feign'd histories..discover a very fine and delicate taste, since wit, manners, urbanity, lively descriptions, characters and contrasts, concur to render them beautiful.

1845 A. Barnes Epist. Paul v. 109/1 Εὐτραπελία..urbanity, wit, humour.

3. The state, condition, or character of a town or city; urban life.rare before the late 19th cent.

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

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 34 Tha detestit vrbanite and desirit to lyue in villagis.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xvii. 328 The serenity, the elegance and urbanity of Paris.

1818 Analectic Mag. Apr. 305 He displays man and nature..in characters not the less easily recognized for the wildness, the rusticity, or the urbanity of the situation.

1877 R. Martineau tr. Goldziher Mythol. Hebrews iv. 83 This trait of glorification of the old-fashioned Beduin-life, to the disparagement of the free urbanity of the townsmen.

1898 F. W. Maitland Township & Borough 13 A difference between..urbanity and rusticity.

1963 J. Morris Road to Huddersfield i. 15 The desire for weekend cottages comes late in a society's lurching progress toward utter urbanity.

2002 N. Bullock Building Post-war World vi. 135/2 His central charge was the failure to create the urbanity necessary to the idea of a town.

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

单词	urbanity
释义	urbanityn. Brit. /əːˈbanᵻti/, U.S. /ərˈbænədi/ Forms: late Middle English urbanytie, late Middle English 1600s urbanitie, late Middle English–1500s vrbanyte, 1500s urbanyte, 1500s vrbanite, 1500s vrbanitee, 1500s–1600s urbanytye, 1500s–1600s vrbanitie, 1500s–1600s vrbanity, 1500s– urbanity. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French urbanité; Latin urbānitāt-, urbānitās. Etymology: Originally < Middle French urbanité (French urbanité ) courtesy, civility (1454; earlier in sense ‘social relations between inhabitants of a town’ (c1370)) and its etymon classical Latin urbānitāt-, urbānitās qualities typical of a city-dweller, sophistication, polish, refined politeness, suavity, condition of living in a city (esp. Rome), refinement or polish or style, elegance or smartness of humour, wit < urbānus urban adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Italian urbanità (a1543; 14th cent. as †urbanitade ), Spanish urbanidad (a1440; 1385 as †urbanitad ), Portuguese urbanidade (1619). In sense 3 (which is not paralleled in French before the 20th cent.) probably partly after urbane adj. and urban adj. 1. a. The character or quality of being urbane; courtesy, civility; refinement, sophistication, elegance (of manners, temper, etc.). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > polish or refinement of manners urbanityc1475 policya1522 gesture1580 politure1593 polishedness1594 facetiousness1644 politeness1655 politesse1683 refinement1704 refinedness1711 polish1713 tournure1748 smoothness1832 c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 33 (MED) Kervers and cupberers..nedeth to be well spede in taking of degree in the schole of urbanytie. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 328 Ane man he wes of greit vrbanitie. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. Prol. f. ii Egregiouse doctours..of your Urbanyte Exasperate nat your selfe againste me. a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Eiij A right courtier is vertuous, gentill, and full of vrbanitie. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale ix. 152 Cambuscan..eyenge Giant Horbills iollite, rann at his tassant plumes vrbanitie. 1630 Pathomachia ii. ii. 15 Those things which Citizens doe vnto Strangers may seeme to proceed from Craft: but that which they practise with their Friends is Vrbanitie of manners. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxxvii His Urbanity, that is, his Good Manners, are to be commended. 1713 T. Birch in Guardian 22 Apr. 2/1 The Virtue called Urbanity by the Moralists, or a Courtly Behaviour. 1746 Gentleman's Mag. 7/2 Urbanity is a certain impression of politeness and goodness, which appears in the mind, conversation and sentiments of a person. 1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal vii He was all urbanity and good humour. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 152 If you have no respect for the laws of urbanity . View more context for this quotation 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 439 That exquisite urbanity, so often found potent to charm away the resentment of a justly incensed nation. 1881 Eclectic Mag. May 700/1 ‘Vastly obliged, I'm sure, my dear’, he replied, with the urbanity of tone which with him portended anything but urbanity of temper. 1907 W. Raleigh Shakespeare ii. 56 He delighted..in that graciousness and urbanity of bearing which is sometimes found in his princely men. 1973 H. Essame Patton xii. 185 He certainly tried Eisenhower's forbearance and urbanity to the limit. 1996 G. Studlar This Mad Masquerade i. 13 Gracefully balancing moral gentility and primitive instincts, wilderness skills and genteel urbanity. b. In plural. Civilities, courtesies. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] gentilessea1413 courtesya1475 humanitya1533 urbanities1630 courtship1631 civility1645 gallantry1673 complaisance1710 politeness1720 complacency1749 attention1752 customary1756 sensibility1795 personality1811 amenity1826 suavities1852 1630 B. Goodall Tryall Trauell iii. sig. I 3 Last louely posture sages noble deeme, Vrbanityes defind its an esteeme. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vi. 23 The passages of societie and daily urbanities of our times. 1724 W. Dunkin Mezentius on Rack 11 But let this piece of Politeness pass with the ineffable Urbanities and liquid Spirit of his Longinus. 1799 Orphan Heiress v. 70 His taste and his urbanities were themes of general eulogy. 1822 J. Galt Provost xlii. 308 There is a surprising difference, in regard to the urbanities in use among those who have not yet come to authority. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 71 In the urbanities of social life,..Athens was without an equal, without a second. 1966 Times 16 May 12/6 This fiery particle of radicalism..was never tamed by the urbanities of political life in London. 1995 Independent 22 Dec. 11/1 Mr Evans is not a man to cloak his feelings in diplomatic urbanities. †2. Sophisticated wit or humour; pleasant or witty conversation or language. Obsolete.Often, and esp. in later use, difficult to distinguish from sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > pleasant or witty urbanity1542 rose parley1582 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 48^v Whiche woordes yet for all that bee more full of galle, then to bee conueniente for Aristippus, whose vrbanitee & merieconceipted woordes are not of so poynaunte a sorte. a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Bj^v Then grudge not at all, if in my behauiour: I make the Kinge mery, with pleasant vrbanitie. 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxi. 214 Men are delighted..with Elegancies, Tests, Vrbanity, and Flowers of wit. 1656 E. Reyner Rules Govt. Tongue 223 Use Recreational speeches;..this is urbanity, or pleasantness of speech. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxxii Moral Doctrine, says he, and Urbanity, or well-manner'd Wit,..constitute the Roman Satire. 1750 J. Dunn tr. C. F. Lambert Coll. Curious Observ. II. ix. 92 A vast number of varied or feign'd histories..discover a very fine and delicate taste, since wit, manners, urbanity, lively descriptions, characters and contrasts, concur to render them beautiful. 1845 A. Barnes Epist. Paul v. 109/1 Εὐτραπελία..urbanity, wit, humour. 3. The state, condition, or character of a town or city; urban life.rare before the late 19th cent. 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 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 34 Tha detestit vrbanite and desirit to lyue in villagis. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xvii. 328 The serenity, the elegance and urbanity of Paris. 1818 Analectic Mag. Apr. 305 He displays man and nature..in characters not the less easily recognized for the wildness, the rusticity, or the urbanity of the situation. 1877 R. Martineau tr. Goldziher Mythol. Hebrews iv. 83 This trait of glorification of the old-fashioned Beduin-life, to the disparagement of the free urbanity of the townsmen. 1898 F. W. Maitland Township & Borough 13 A difference between..urbanity and rusticity. 1963 J. Morris Road to Huddersfield i. 15 The desire for weekend cottages comes late in a society's lurching progress toward utter urbanity. 2002 N. Bullock Building Post-war World vi. 135/2 His central charge was the failure to create the urbanity necessary to the idea of a town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1475
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