-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

   dragsville

   squaresville

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ville¹

Ultimately from French ville “city”; bidonville

Example Sentences

Rosa Roisinblit was born in 1919 in Moises Ville, a town of Jewish immigrants in central Argentina.

From BBC

“We lost a ‘64 Impala convertible, a ‘79 Monte Carlo, two ‘87 Cutlasses and an ‘83 Coupe de Ville,” Traivon Jackson said.

From Los Angeles Times

The Panther De Ville was given to him in 1975 by his then-wife, fellow singer Sylvie Vartan.

From BBC

The Panther De Ville was a neo-classic luxury car with a 1930s-style design.

From BBC

But he actually used his victims’ money to splurge on luxurious cars and rare antiques, such as a pair of 1800s-era Italian throne chairs made of carved giltwood and a 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Sedanca de Ville by Barker, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times