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citified en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Characteristic of the sophisticated customs or dress associated with city life.
   • As the countryside becomes more and more citified and farming more and more specialized, motorized and businesslike, I suppose that the farmer's mental scope and habits will become more like mine. 1931, Russell Lord, “Men of Earth”, in American Farmers and the Rise of Agribusiness, reprint edition, published 1975:
   • Isn't he handsome? Isn't he a man of the world? Isn't he citified? 1928, The Mimes of the Courtesans (English translation of a work by Lucian)
   • 1794, quoted in 2009, Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815, New York is less citified than Philadelphia.
   • The people in this city call me country / Because of how I walk and talk and smile / Well, I don't mind them laughing in the city / But the country folks all say I'm citified 1969, Dennis Linde, “Where Have All The Average People Gone”, performed by Roger Miller:
   • But he's citified and holds his cup just right and never has to think about it. 1943, Ann Chidester, No longer fugitive, page 215:
   • It was not much more citified than it was countrified. 1922, The Elementary school journal, volume 23, University of Chicago Dept of Education:
   • She is a citified young woman, and the more citified people are the more difficult it is to ask and get answers to personal questions. 1982, Robert John Smith, Ella Lury Wiswell, The Women of Suye Mura:

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citified en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of citify
   form of citify