suburbanityn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌbəːˈbanᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌsəbərˈbænədi/

Forms: 1600s suburbannitie, 1700s– suburbanity.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: suburban adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < suburban adj. + -ity suffix. Compare classical Latin suburbānitās proximity to the city of Rome, in post-classical Latin also rusticity (c1200 in a British source). With sense 2 compare earlier urbanity n.

1. A suburban neighbourhood; a suburb. Now rare.

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 > [noun] > suburb

boroughc1380

suburba1387

faubourg1483

fabor1488

suburbar1530

suburb1568

purlieu1619

suburbanity1623

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Neighbourhood in the Subburbs, Suburbannitie.

1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Suburbanity, the Neighbourhood of them that dwell without the City.

1848 Illustr. London News 17 June 387/1 Erith is the prettiest of pretty suburbanities.

1901 Academy 23 Mar. 243/2 The misty mid-region of Plaistow, the pretty suburbanities of Forest Gate.

2. The qualities, characteristics, and (occasionally) things associated with life in the suburbs; an instance or example of this. Also: the fact or condition of being suburban. Frequently depreciative, esp. implying a dull ordinariness and lack of sophistication among suburban residents (cf. urbanity n.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] > suburbanism

suburbanity1833

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 > [noun] > suburb > condition of

suburbanity1833

suburbandom1899

1833 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 50 The pipe he smoked of an evening, under certain circumstances of suburbanity.

1849 Sharpe's London Mag. 8 175/1 Suggestive to common ears only of omnibuses, cockney villas, and other suburbanities.

1884 Spectator 4 Oct. 1320/2 Suburbanity, with its combined characteristics of money, scandal, and church going.

1936 F. L. Lucas Decline & Fall of Romantic Ideal iii. 153 A garden-suburb England is only too likely to produce an anaemic suburbanity.

1989 A. Brookner Lewis Percy xii. 182 He revealed his genuine lack of sophistication—his essential suburbanity—in failing to come up to her standards.

2009 Daily Tel. 28 July 19/4 Acacia Avenue is the home of boring suburbanity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suburbanity
释义	suburbanityn. Brit. /ˌsʌbəːˈbanᵻti/, U.S. /ˌsəbərˈbænədi/ Forms: 1600s suburbannitie, 1700s– suburbanity. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: suburban adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < suburban adj. + -ity suffix. Compare classical Latin suburbānitās proximity to the city of Rome, in post-classical Latin also rusticity (c1200 in a British source). With sense 2 compare earlier urbanity n. 1. A suburban neighbourhood; a suburb. Now rare. 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 > [noun] > suburb boroughc1380 suburba1387 faubourg1483 fabor1488 suburbar1530 suburb1568 purlieu1619 suburbanity1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Neighbourhood in the Subburbs, Suburbannitie. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Suburbanity, the Neighbourhood of them that dwell without the City. 1848 Illustr. London News 17 June 387/1 Erith is the prettiest of pretty suburbanities. 1901 Academy 23 Mar. 243/2 The misty mid-region of Plaistow, the pretty suburbanities of Forest Gate. 2. The qualities, characteristics, and (occasionally) things associated with life in the suburbs; an instance or example of this. Also: the fact or condition of being suburban. Frequently depreciative, esp. implying a dull ordinariness and lack of sophistication among suburban residents (cf. urbanity n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] > suburbanism suburbanity1833 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 > [noun] > suburb > condition of suburbanity1833 suburbandom1899 1833 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 50 The pipe he smoked of an evening, under certain circumstances of suburbanity. 1849 Sharpe's London Mag. 8 175/1 Suggestive to common ears only of omnibuses, cockney villas, and other suburbanities. 1884 Spectator 4 Oct. 1320/2 Suburbanity, with its combined characteristics of money, scandal, and church going. 1936 F. L. Lucas Decline & Fall of Romantic Ideal iii. 153 A garden-suburb England is only too likely to produce an anaemic suburbanity. 1989 A. Brookner Lewis Percy xii. 182 He revealed his genuine lack of sophistication—his essential suburbanity—in failing to come up to her standards. 2009 Daily Tel. 28 July 19/4 Acacia Avenue is the home of boring suburbanity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623
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