suburbian.

Brit.

/səˈbəːbɪə/, U.S.

/səˈbərbiə/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: suburb n., -ia suffix¹.

Etymology: < suburb n. + -ia suffix¹. Compare earlier suburbanism n., suburbanity n.

Originally British. Frequently depreciative.

The suburbs considered collectively, typically treated as if a distinct community or country with its own characteristic traits, mores, or way of life, esp. (depreciatively) characterized by a dull ordinariness and monotonous conformity; the inhabitants of the suburbs, or their way of life. Cf. 'burb n.Sometimes with capital initial, esp. in early use, as a notional place name.In quot. 1947 (poetic): the effects of living in the suburbs, regarded as if a disease or pathology.

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 > collectively

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1870 Era 9 Oct. 13/2 Mrs Matilda Mildew..keeps a boarding-house in Tranquil-terrace, Suburbia.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 20 Apr. 8/1 Suburbia also was very great in primroses and maiden-hair fern posies.

1925 P. G. Wodehouse Sam the Sudden xiv. 99 The early morning patois of Suburbia, which is the English language filtered through toast and marmalade.

1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety iii. 76 A married tribe commutes, mild from suburbia.

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard iii. 92 The deposit on their admission to suburbia was managed jointly.

1991 M. Mantle My Favorite Summer: 1956 Introd. p. ix It was a time of peace and prosperity, a time of the baby boom and the exodus to suburbia.

2009 Time Out N.Y. 12 Mar. 47/1 The Long Island housing development..which became a Stepfordlike exemplar of postwar suburbia.

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

单词	suburbia
释义	suburbian. Brit. /səˈbəːbɪə/, U.S. /səˈbərbiə/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: suburb n., -ia suffix¹. Etymology: < suburb n. + -ia suffix¹. Compare earlier suburbanism n., suburbanity n. Originally British. Frequently depreciative. The suburbs considered collectively, typically treated as if a distinct community or country with its own characteristic traits, mores, or way of life, esp. (depreciatively) characterized by a dull ordinariness and monotonous conformity; the inhabitants of the suburbs, or their way of life. Cf. 'burb n.Sometimes with capital initial, esp. in early use, as a notional place name.In quot. 1947 (poetic): the effects of living in the suburbs, regarded as if a disease or pathology. 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 > collectively suburbc1350 suburbans?c1400 suburblec1540 outshifts1592 skirts1616 environsc1660 outpart1722 outlets1762 suburbia1870 'burb1977 1870 Era 9 Oct. 13/2 Mrs Matilda Mildew..keeps a boarding-house in Tranquil-terrace, Suburbia. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 20 Apr. 8/1 Suburbia also was very great in primroses and maiden-hair fern posies. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Sam the Sudden xiv. 99 The early morning patois of Suburbia, which is the English language filtered through toast and marmalade. 1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety iii. 76 A married tribe commutes, mild from suburbia. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard iii. 92 The deposit on their admission to suburbia was managed jointly. 1991 M. Mantle My Favorite Summer: 1956 Introd. p. ix It was a time of peace and prosperity, a time of the baby boom and the exodus to suburbia. 2009 Time Out N.Y. 12 Mar. 47/1 The Long Island housing development..which became a Stepfordlike exemplar of postwar suburbia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870
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