urbaneadj.

Brit.

/əːˈbeɪn/, U.S.

/ərˈbeɪn/

Forms: 1500s–1600s vrbane, 1600s– urbane.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: urban adj.

Etymology: Originally a variant of urban adj., now distinguished in form in the senses below (compare -ane suffix¹). Compare earlier urbanity n.With the difference in form and pronunciation, compare human adj. vs. humane adj., and see further discussion at -ane suffix¹.

†1.

a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city, esp. as opposed to the countryside. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [adjective]

towna1425

townishc1425

urbane1533

townslike1574

urban1619

townly1822

towny1823

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xx. 114 Siclike vrbane & civil laubouris.

1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 233 They see greater cunning and dexteritie, and a more ciuill and vrbane kind of life.

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. xvii. 343 Negative Urbane Servitudes, do chiefly concern the light view or prospect of Tenements.

1788 Trifler No. 26. 344 In the simple beauty of the country the once wealthy merchant of Bassora lost the recollection of urbane magnificence.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion viii. 362 A poor Brotherhood who walk the earth,..Raising..savage life To rustic, and the rustic to urbane.

1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. xv. 330 You would discover that nearly all urbane crime comes from holes and corners.

b. That resides in or inhabits a city or town. Also: that has authority or jurisdiction over a city or town. Cf. urban adj. 2, urban adj. 3. Obsolete. urbane tribe n. [after classical Latin urbāna tribus] Roman History = urban tribe n. at urban adj. and n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting town or city

city dwelling1593

urbane1601

burgessing1663

urban1762

town-dwelling1829

urbanized1884

townee1907

society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [adjective] > relating to municipal government

urbane1601

municipal1602

urban1651

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. iii. 551 The other estate, reputed the meaner in degree, was named the Vrbane Tribes; consisting of Artisanes & such like as were not landed persons.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 504 The Epithets of myce are thes;..rustik, or country mouse, vrbane, or citty mouse.

1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 16 Among the Urbane or Cittie Magistrats the Judges are rankd.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 373 M. Æmilius, the Urbane Prætor.

1706 N. de Souligné Compar. Old Rome & London ii. 117 The People of Rome..did consist in the Thirty One Rustick Tribes, who did live out of Rome in the Country, and in the Four Urbane Tribes within the Walls of the City.

c. That follows the pursuits, has the ideas or sentiments, characteristic of town or city life. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [adjective] > having characteristics of

townishc1450

urbane1698

uncountrified1839

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 54 The Citizens are urbane, being trained up to Commerce.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1871) 177 The same combination of circumstances produced Béranger, an urbane or city poet.

a. Of a person: elegant and refined in manners; courteous, civil; suave, sophisticated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > polished or refined

well-polished1485

civil?1538

politic1596

cult1598

refined1598

inlanda1616

facete1616

urbane1623

terse1628

gentilitat1632

polite1751

politeful1832

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > agreeable in manner > bland or suave

bland1661

silky1826

suave1831

urbane1873

unguent1931

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vrbane, ciuill, courteous.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Urbane,..civil in curtesie,..pleasant in behaviour and talk.

1785 New Ann. Reg. 1784 Brit. & Foreign Hist. 101 Against a man, so elevated in his genius, so polished and urbane in his manners, and of so high a reputation for benevolence and humanity.

1796 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. I. lxii. 483 The urbane youth..gave due praise to the country of Menelaus.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xv. 94 We took advantage of our acquaintance with the urbane Frenchman to join his party.

1864 Eton School Days xxv. 275 The urbane young lady who officiated as barmaid shook her glossy ringlets.

1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens IV. 139 In Eustace Chapuys, master of requests, he had a man of law,..urbane, alert, unscrupulous.

1930 O. Burdett Two Carlyles i. i. 20 The doctor was handsome, cultivated and urbane.

1958 S. Plath Jrnl. 15 Mar. (2000) 351 Tony: urbane, hair professionally curled & just barely tinct with grey, as if an outline.

1993 Tatler July 80/2 Wooster the bumbling ass is protected and nursed by the clever, urbane Jeeves.

2008 R. L. Emerson Acad. Patronage Sc. Enlightenm. x. 253 Pringle..declined the unsolicited offer made to him, so the University failed to get an accomplished, urbane man.

b. Of a quality, action, etc.: characteristic of or befitting such a person; refined, sophisticated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > polished or refined > of conduct

urbane1659

nice1818

polished1894

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > agreeable in manner > bland or suave > of conduct or words

smoothc1400

sarcenet1598

fair-spoken1611

urbane1659

velvety1861

1659 E. Larkin Speculum Patrum 202 Indeed his Wit was Elegant, and Urbane.

1661 A. Campbell Instr. to Son 2 The accessions of wit and elegant discourse, discoloured sometime with urbane, facete Prophaness.

1679 ‘M. Mason’ Tickler Tickled 2 To treat a Lady of Mrs. Ellen Rigby's Quality, with the name of Bitch-Fox,..is not at all Urbane.

1767 Trial England’s Cicero v. 36 The bully-speaker arose, and..harangued in a gross, turgid, but neither urbane, nor attic manner.

1785 H. Cramond Outl. Human Life xvii. 244 A most opportune relief was remitted me by George Peters..in that urbane, gentleman-like manner for which he is distinguished.

1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 289 His manners were gentle, affable, and urbane.

1860 W. Collins Woman in White II. 279 Stepping forward in the most urbane manner.

1871 R. Browning Balaustion 112 To guests, a servant should not sour-faced be, But do the honours with a mind urbane.

1927 Borzoí Broadside Nov. p. cv/3 His urbane and candid genius, here addressed to the human purpose of destroying a whole host of chauvinistic puppets.

1961 J. Carew Last Barbarian 55 It was all right Tiberio giving him urbane, sophisticated views about women but how was he to translate them into action?

2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 Apr. 16/3 Not the religion-ridden conservative country of today, but a place more urbane and cultivated.

†c. Politely expressed; characterized by polite or refined expression. Obsolete.In later use merged with sense 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > refined or cultured

polite?a1500

fileda1533

facetious1542

exquisited1581

refined1582

smooth1589

perpolite1592

terse1628

washed1628

refine1646

parliamentary1789

literary1793

urbane1800

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. ii. 10 So, Sir Critick, I could have replied; but I scorn it.—'Tis language un-urbane.]

1800 T. Churchill tr. J. G. Herder Outl. Philos. Hist. Man xiv. vi. 433 To purchase the Æneid of a Virgil, and the tranquil muse and urbane epistles of a Horace.

1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 139 We miss the point, the compactness, and above all the urbane tone of the original.

Derivatives

urˈbanely adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adverb] > in a well-mannered way > in a refined or polished manner

cunninglyc1385

refinedly1645

politely1748

urbanely1789

polishedly1889

1789 tr. A. Verri Adventures Sappho II. iii. i. 149 Pleasantly, and at the same time urbanely she modestly avoided the protestations of the young man.

1822 Monthly Rev. 97 540 This taste is so finely polished and so urbanely expressive.

1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette xiii. 201 ‘I am going to the wood,’ he answers, urbanely.

1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 453/2 No writer..could turn the trick more deftly, more urbanely, more wittily.

1996 P. Furia Ira Gershwin i. 5 George's sensuous, driving energy is tempered..by Ira's urbanely innocent wit.

urˈbaneness n.

ΚΠ

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Urbaneness, courtesy, Civility, civil Behaviour, good Manners or Breeding.

1871 J. E. Cooke Life Gen. R. E. Lee 527 Such was the grandeur and urbaneness of his manner.

1998 D. Kavanagh Dict. Polit. Biogr. 311 Macmillan was often portrayed as a great showman in politics. He exuded unflappability and urbaneness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	urbane
释义	urbaneadj. Brit. /əːˈbeɪn/, U.S. /ərˈbeɪn/ Forms: 1500s–1600s vrbane, 1600s– urbane. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: urban adj. Etymology: Originally a variant of urban adj., now distinguished in form in the senses below (compare -ane suffix¹). Compare earlier urbanity n.With the difference in form and pronunciation, compare human adj. vs. humane adj., and see further discussion at -ane suffix¹. †1. a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city, esp. as opposed to the countryside. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [adjective] towna1425 townishc1425 urbane1533 townslike1574 urban1619 townly1822 towny1823 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xx. 114 Siclike vrbane & civil laubouris. 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 233 They see greater cunning and dexteritie, and a more ciuill and vrbane kind of life. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. xvii. 343 Negative Urbane Servitudes, do chiefly concern the light view or prospect of Tenements. 1788 Trifler No. 26. 344 In the simple beauty of the country the once wealthy merchant of Bassora lost the recollection of urbane magnificence. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion viii. 362 A poor Brotherhood who walk the earth,..Raising..savage life To rustic, and the rustic to urbane. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. xv. 330 You would discover that nearly all urbane crime comes from holes and corners. b. That resides in or inhabits a city or town. Also: that has authority or jurisdiction over a city or town. Cf. urban adj. 2, urban adj. 3. Obsolete. urbane tribe n. [after classical Latin urbāna tribus] Roman History = urban tribe n. at urban adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting town or city city dwelling1593 urbane1601 burgessing1663 urban1762 town-dwelling1829 urbanized1884 townee1907 society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [adjective] > relating to municipal government urbane1601 municipal1602 urban1651 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. iii. 551 The other estate, reputed the meaner in degree, was named the Vrbane Tribes; consisting of Artisanes & such like as were not landed persons. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 504 The Epithets of myce are thes;..rustik, or country mouse, vrbane, or citty mouse. 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 16 Among the Urbane or Cittie Magistrats the Judges are rankd. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 373 M. Æmilius, the Urbane Prætor. 1706 N. de Souligné Compar. Old Rome & London ii. 117 The People of Rome..did consist in the Thirty One Rustick Tribes, who did live out of Rome in the Country, and in the Four Urbane Tribes within the Walls of the City. c. That follows the pursuits, has the ideas or sentiments, characteristic of town or city life. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [adjective] > having characteristics of townishc1450 urbane1698 uncountrified1839 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 54 The Citizens are urbane, being trained up to Commerce. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1871) 177 The same combination of circumstances produced Béranger, an urbane or city poet. 2. a. Of a person: elegant and refined in manners; courteous, civil; suave, sophisticated. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > polished or refined well-polished1485 civil?1538 politic1596 cult1598 refined1598 inlanda1616 facete1616 urbane1623 terse1628 gentilitat1632 polite1751 politeful1832 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > agreeable in manner > bland or suave bland1661 silky1826 suave1831 urbane1873 unguent1931 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vrbane, ciuill, courteous. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Urbane,..civil in curtesie,..pleasant in behaviour and talk. 1785 New Ann. Reg. 1784 Brit. & Foreign Hist. 101 Against a man, so elevated in his genius, so polished and urbane in his manners, and of so high a reputation for benevolence and humanity. 1796 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. I. lxii. 483 The urbane youth..gave due praise to the country of Menelaus. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xv. 94 We took advantage of our acquaintance with the urbane Frenchman to join his party. 1864 Eton School Days xxv. 275 The urbane young lady who officiated as barmaid shook her glossy ringlets. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens IV. 139 In Eustace Chapuys, master of requests, he had a man of law,..urbane, alert, unscrupulous. 1930 O. Burdett Two Carlyles i. i. 20 The doctor was handsome, cultivated and urbane. 1958 S. Plath Jrnl. 15 Mar. (2000) 351 Tony: urbane, hair professionally curled & just barely tinct with grey, as if an outline. 1993 Tatler July 80/2 Wooster the bumbling ass is protected and nursed by the clever, urbane Jeeves. 2008 R. L. Emerson Acad. Patronage Sc. Enlightenm. x. 253 Pringle..declined the unsolicited offer made to him, so the University failed to get an accomplished, urbane man. b. Of a quality, action, etc.: characteristic of or befitting such a person; refined, sophisticated. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > polished or refined > of conduct urbane1659 nice1818 polished1894 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > agreeable in manner > bland or suave > of conduct or words smoothc1400 sarcenet1598 fair-spoken1611 urbane1659 velvety1861 1659 E. Larkin Speculum Patrum 202 Indeed his Wit was Elegant, and Urbane. 1661 A. Campbell Instr. to Son 2 The accessions of wit and elegant discourse, discoloured sometime with urbane, facete Prophaness. 1679 ‘M. Mason’ Tickler Tickled 2 To treat a Lady of Mrs. Ellen Rigby's Quality, with the name of Bitch-Fox,..is not at all Urbane. 1767 Trial England’s Cicero v. 36 The bully-speaker arose, and..harangued in a gross, turgid, but neither urbane, nor attic manner. 1785 H. Cramond Outl. Human Life xvii. 244 A most opportune relief was remitted me by George Peters..in that urbane, gentleman-like manner for which he is distinguished. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 289 His manners were gentle, affable, and urbane. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White II. 279 Stepping forward in the most urbane manner. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 112 To guests, a servant should not sour-faced be, But do the honours with a mind urbane. 1927 Borzoí Broadside Nov. p. cv/3 His urbane and candid genius, here addressed to the human purpose of destroying a whole host of chauvinistic puppets. 1961 J. Carew Last Barbarian 55 It was all right Tiberio giving him urbane, sophisticated views about women but how was he to translate them into action? 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 Apr. 16/3 Not the religion-ridden conservative country of today, but a place more urbane and cultivated. †c. Politely expressed; characterized by polite or refined expression. Obsolete.In later use merged with sense 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > refined or cultured polite?a1500 fileda1533 facetious1542 exquisited1581 refined1582 smooth1589 perpolite1592 terse1628 washed1628 refine1646 parliamentary1789 literary1793 urbane1800 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. ii. 10 So, Sir Critick, I could have replied; but I scorn it.—'Tis language un-urbane.] 1800 T. Churchill tr. J. G. Herder Outl. Philos. Hist. Man xiv. vi. 433 To purchase the Æneid of a Virgil, and the tranquil muse and urbane epistles of a Horace. 1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 139 We miss the point, the compactness, and above all the urbane tone of the original. Derivatives urˈbanely adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adverb] > in a well-mannered way > in a refined or polished manner cunninglyc1385 refinedly1645 politely1748 urbanely1789 polishedly1889 1789 tr. A. Verri Adventures Sappho II. iii. i. 149 Pleasantly, and at the same time urbanely she modestly avoided the protestations of the young man. 1822 Monthly Rev. 97 540 This taste is so finely polished and so urbanely expressive. 1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette xiii. 201 ‘I am going to the wood,’ he answers, urbanely. 1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 453/2 No writer..could turn the trick more deftly, more urbanely, more wittily. 1996 P. Furia Ira Gershwin i. 5 George's sensuous, driving energy is tempered..by Ira's urbanely innocent wit. urˈbaneness n. ΚΠ 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Urbaneness, courtesy, Civility, civil Behaviour, good Manners or Breeding. 1871 J. E. Cooke Life Gen. R. E. Lee 527 Such was the grandeur and urbaneness of his manner. 1998 D. Kavanagh Dict. Polit. Biogr. 311 Macmillan was often portrayed as a great showman in politics. He exuded unflappability and urbaneness. 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