Greenelandn.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːnlənd/, U.S.

/ˈɡrinlənd/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Greene , land n.¹

Etymology: < the name of Graham Greene (see Greeneian adj.) + land n.¹, punningly after the name of Greenland (see Greenland n.).

The seedy, politically unstable, and dangerous world said to be the typical setting in the novels of Graham Greene.

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Greeneland1940

1940 A. C. Marshall in Horizon May 369 ‘The seedy level!’ That is the location of Greeneland.

1957 Kenyon Rev. Winter 68 The area of genuine vitality is that dangerous ground beyond boredom, between the actual horror and the possible glory: the very location of Greeneland.

1970 G. Greene Brighton Rock (new ed.) Introd. p. x Some critics have referred to a strange violent ‘seedy’ region of the mind..which they call Greeneland, and I have sometimes wondered whether they go round the world blinkered.

2004 C. Hitchens Love, Poverty, & War i. 69 Many of the admirers of Graham Greene..chose to spend some part of our reading lives in voluntary exile in the exotic locale colloquially known as ‘Greeneland’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greeneland
释义	Greenelandn. Brit. /ˈɡriːnlənd/, U.S. /ˈɡrinlənd/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Greene , land n.¹ Etymology: < the name of Graham Greene (see Greeneian adj.) + land n.¹, punningly after the name of Greenland (see Greenland n.). The seedy, politically unstable, and dangerous world said to be the typical setting in the novels of Graham Greene. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > setting > specific Greeneland1940 1940 A. C. Marshall in Horizon May 369 ‘The seedy level!’ That is the location of Greeneland. 1957 Kenyon Rev. Winter 68 The area of genuine vitality is that dangerous ground beyond boredom, between the actual horror and the possible glory: the very location of Greeneland. 1970 G. Greene Brighton Rock (new ed.) Introd. p. x Some critics have referred to a strange violent ‘seedy’ region of the mind..which they call Greeneland, and I have sometimes wondered whether they go round the world blinkered. 2004 C. Hitchens Love, Poverty, & War i. 69 Many of the admirers of Graham Greene..chose to spend some part of our reading lives in voluntary exile in the exotic locale colloquially known as ‘Greeneland’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1940
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