Londonizev.
/ˈlʌndənʌɪz/ 1. transitive. To make like London or its inhabitants.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [verb (transitive)] > London
Londonize1778
1778 F. Burney Evelina I. x. 28 Her chief objection was to our dress, for we have had no time to Londonize ourselves.
1806 Jeffrey Let. in Cockburn Life II. lii You try to persuade yourself that you are Londonised.
1893 J. E. Ritchie East Anglia 75 The new town has spread to Kirkley, has Londonized even quiet Pakefield.
2. intransitive. To visit or frequent London.Apparently an isolated use.
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1827 C. Lamb Let. 28 Aug. (1935) III. 122 Do you never Londonize again?.. Do your Drummonds allow no holydays?
Derivatives
ˈLondonized adj.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Britain > London
metropolitan1640
Londonized1832
Londonish1838
cis-pontine1860
Londonesque1862
Londony1884
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. ii. v. 273 In our remoter roads and less Londonized districts.
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. xiii. 266 Enjoying the Londonized odour of the cab.
Londoniˈzation n. the action or process of Londonizing.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Britain > London > making like
Londonization1888
1888 Blackie Speech in Sc. Leader 19 Sept. 5 He did not believe in centralisation, or the Londonisation of Scotland.
1959 Daily Tel. 21 Nov. 15/2 Mr. Grimond..said Londonisation of the whole of the country must be prevented.
1962 Rep. Comm. Broadcasting 1960 in Parl. Papers 1961–2 (Cmnd. 1753) XIII. 139 The dangers of Londonisation are less than those of isolation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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