Hicksvillen.

Brit.

/ˈhɪksvɪl/, U.S.

/ˈhɪksˌvɪl/

Forms:

α. 1900s– Hickville.

β. 1900s– Hicksville.

Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hick n.¹, -ville comb. form.

Etymology: In α form < hick n.¹ + -ville comb. form; in β form < the genitive of hick n.¹ + -ville comb. form.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

(The type of) an unsophisticated, rural, small town.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town > unimportant small town

mudhole1784

toytown1816

Podunk1840

one-horse town1855

tank town1906

jerkwater1912

Hicksville1921

bumfuck1972

1921 E. O'Neill Straw i. ii. 46 Making a note that a tug boat towed two barges loaded with coal up the river, that Mrs. Perkins spent a weekend with relatives in Hickville.

1961 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 6 Mar. 6/6 You would be hard pressed today to find an audience that would merit the contemptuous ‘cornball, strictly from hicksville’ label that a vaudevillian in the 1920s might have used.

1985 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Apr. New Yorkers talk of neighborhood restaurants, bars and greengrocers with a pride that belies their efforts to escape from Hicksville, Tennessee, where everyone knew them.

1996 H. Coben Fade Away i. 9 Greg is just hanging out in French Lick or whatever hickville town he goes to in the off-season, fishing.

2004 Mirror (Nexis) 9 May 16 An out-of-the-way hicksville this ain't.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hicksville
释义	Hicksvillen. Brit. /ˈhɪksvɪl/, U.S. /ˈhɪksˌvɪl/ Forms: α. 1900s– Hickville. β. 1900s– Hicksville. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hick n.¹, -ville comb. form. Etymology: In α form < hick n.¹ + -ville comb. form; in β form < the genitive of hick n.¹ + -ville comb. form. Originally and chiefly U.S. (The type of) an unsophisticated, rural, small town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town > unimportant small town mudhole1784 toytown1816 Podunk1840 one-horse town1855 tank town1906 jerkwater1912 Hicksville1921 bumfuck1972 1921 E. O'Neill Straw i. ii. 46 Making a note that a tug boat towed two barges loaded with coal up the river, that Mrs. Perkins spent a weekend with relatives in Hickville. 1961 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 6 Mar. 6/6 You would be hard pressed today to find an audience that would merit the contemptuous ‘cornball, strictly from hicksville’ label that a vaudevillian in the 1920s might have used. 1985 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Apr. New Yorkers talk of neighborhood restaurants, bars and greengrocers with a pride that belies their efforts to escape from Hicksville, Tennessee, where everyone knew them. 1996 H. Coben Fade Away i. 9 Greg is just hanging out in French Lick or whatever hickville town he goes to in the off-season, fishing. 2004 Mirror (Nexis) 9 May 16 An out-of-the-way hicksville this ain't. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921
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