exurbanadj.n.
/ɛkˈsəːbən/ A. adj.
Of or belonging to a district outside a city or town; suburban; spec. pertaining to, or characteristic of, an exurb.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective] > suburbs > remote
outer-suburban1875
exurban1901
exurbanite1955
exurbian1956
1901 Westm. Gaz. 18 Dec. 4/2 Pilgrimages of an exurban character, visits to King's Langley.., to Berkhampstead.
1955 Archit. Rev. 118 351/1 The most important architectural consequence of motorized America's post-war flight from the cities has been the emergence of the exurban shopping centre as a differentiated building-type.
1955 A. C. Spectorsky Exurbanites ii. 14 Spreading outward from New York City, roughly the first twenty-five miles is solid Suburbia; thereafter, for a belt extending another twenty-five miles, come the exurbs. Exurbia being a recent phenomenon, and a unique one, it may be interesting to explore..how the exurban way of life came to be..superimposed on..earlier cultural patterns in certain areas.
1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xvi. 485 It..anticipates the present ‘exurban’ emphasis on informal clothing.
1963 New Statesman 8 Feb. 188/1 The arc of educated, prosperous suburbia running from near-urban Brookline..to ex-urban Weston and Wayland.
B. n.
A resident in an exurban district (see quot. 1957). rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > inhabitant of exurban district
exurbanite1955
exurban1957
1957 Britannica Bk. of Year 512/1 An exurbanite—or exurban—was one who kept up his city ways and habits in the country [in the U.S.A.].
Derivatives
eˈxurbanite n. and adj. (a) n. a resident in an exurban district or in exurbia; (b) adj. = A. originally U.S.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > inhabitant of exurban district
exurbanite1955
exurban1957
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective] > suburbs > remote
outer-suburban1875
exurban1901
exurbanite1955
exurbian1956
1955 A. C. Spectorsky (title) Exurbanites.
1957 [see sense B.]. 1959 Encounter Sept. 50/2 A suburbanite corner..which..dispenses exurbanite pabulum.
1960 Spectator 8 Jan. 47/3 The stock types who go through the moves in this upper exurbanite gavotte.
1960 Observer 13 Nov. 3/2 The day-old chicks are farmed out to growers, mostly City exurbanites with a place in Sussex.
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