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‖ rus in urbe, phr.|ˈruːs in ˌɜːbeɪ|
[a. L. rūs in urbe country in city.]
The creating of an illusion of the countryside in a city; an urban building, garden, prospect, etc., which suggests the countryside. Also attrib. So rus-in-ˈurbe-ish a.
1759Gray Let. 24 July (1827) II. 40, I am now settled in my new territories commanding Bedford gardens, and all the fields as far as Highgate and Hampstead..; so rus-in-urbe-ish, that I believe I shall stay here. 1795tr. C. P. Moritz's Travels 68 In Grosvenor-square..there is a little circular wood, intended, no doubt, to give one the idea of rus in urbe. 1804A. Seward Life of Dr. Darwin i. 16 To this rus in urbe..resorted..a knot of philosophic friends. 1841W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. XXIV. 393/2 A very handsome country place..a first-rate rus in urbe, as the great auctioneer called it when he hammered it down. 1873A. J. Munby Diary 21 May in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 330 P. A. Taylor is going to sell this charming rus in urbe; ample widespreading old country house, with timbered lawns, and acres of garden. 1939‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife ii. 33 This..is a remarkably non-committal room. Not so much rus in urbe as surburbia in rure. 1963Times 6 Apr. 11/3 The Rumanian passion for rus in urbe exceeds even the English. 1968Times 15 Oct. 7/1 It is a natural progression of the rus in urbe feeling of fashion this autumn. 1976Times 9 Aug. 10/8 Two foxes..live in a corner of the allotments—which seems to be taking rus in urbe too far. |