-ville

1. 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 ).

-ville

combining form

1. slang.
   (denoting) a place, condition, or quality with a character as specified

   squaresville

   dragsville

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ville¹

Ultimately from French ville “city”; bidonville

Example Sentences

Palais Galliera, Musée de la mode de la Ville de Paris, open September 28 through January 26.

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This scenery “reminded him how pretty Ville Rose still was.”

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Draper purchased a cool blue 1962 Cadillac Coupe de Ville when he became a partner at Sterling Cooper.

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Wolfe was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and at the age of five, moved to Pétion-Ville, Haiti, where she grew up.

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The Hotel de Ville was the appointed place of rendezvous for the swarming multitudes.

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The proceedings of the day end with a benediction at an altar erected in front of the Htel de Ville.

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The carillon rung from the Belfry, guns were fired, and a ceremony in honour of the event took place in the Htel de Ville.

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From this Htel de Ville 'the numerous statuettes with which the building was once embellished have all disappeared.'

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Thence they went to the market-place, which was between the church and the Htel de Ville.

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