townish
Americanadjective
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of or relating to qualities or features typical of or befitting a town or city.
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(of a person) characterized by the attitudes, opinions, manners, etc., of town or city living.
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Etymology
Origin of townish
First recorded in 1375–1425, townish is from the late Middle English word townysche. See town, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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My mother's maids when they do sew and spin, They sing a song made of the fieldish mouse; That for because her livelod* was but thin Would needs go see her townish sister's house.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
She was, for the place and post, a complete surprise, being a jaunty, townish, garish woman, dressed in decayed finery.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
To a man who needs rest there is something at first sight truly frightful in the townish gregariousness of Brighton proper, with its pretentious common-place architecture, and its ceaseless bustle and rolling of wheels.
From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by J. S. (John Solomon) Rarey
"To Pheladelphy, ma'am," said Betsey, looking quite young and gay, and wearing a townish and unfamiliar air that upheld her words.
From A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches by Sarah Orne Jewett
What a contrast between her dress and the townish splendour with which Frau Kalzow had decked herself, even several doubtful diamonds were not missing.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
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