citified
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of the sophisticated customs or dress associated with city life.
verb
simple past and past participle of citify
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "It was not much more citified than it was countrified."
- "Isn't he handsome? Isn't he a man of the world? Isn't he citified?"
- "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."
- "But he's citified and holds his cup just right and never has to think about it."
- "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"
Inflected Forms
more citified (comparative)
most citified (superlative)