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单词 -ville
释义

-ville


a combining form extracted from placenames ending in -ville, used in the coinage of informal nonce words, usually pejorative, that characterize a place, person, group, or situation (dullsville; disasterville; Mediaville) or that name a condition (embarrassmentville; gloomsville).

Origin of -ville

Ultimately from French ville “city”; see bidonville

Words nearby -ville

Villari effect, Villarrica, Villars, villatic, Villavicencio, -ville, Villeda Morales, Ville-de-Paris, villein, villeinage, villein socage
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British Dictionary definitions for -ville

-ville

n and adj combining form

slang, mainly US (denoting) a place, condition, or quality with a character as specifieddragsville; squaresville
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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