-ville

American  

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 ).

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-ville British  

combining form

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

   dragsville

   squaresville

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Etymology

Origin of -ville

Ultimately from French ville “city”; bidonville

Example Sentences

Ville Husso made 24 saves as the Ducks dropped three games on their five-city trip.

From Los Angeles Times

Laferriere got the scoring started late in the first period, parking himself in front of the goal and banging the puck past Ducks’ goalie Ville Husso, who made two big saves in the shootout.

From Los Angeles Times

After photographing her incredible live show, I maneuvered my way backstage where she had like 20 guards around her, and I became invisible and got right up to her and handed her a magazine with my photo work on the cover — of Lee Rocker and Kitten de Ville.

From Los Angeles Times

“My go-to vintage shop is Luxe de Ville in Echo Park on Sunset. And just two doors down, there’s another great vintage store, Wilder. In Atwater, there’s the Curatorial Dept. on Glendale Boulevard and the Gift of Garb consignment shop in Silver Lake is wonderful — it’s like having your own private the Real Real, which I love.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC