Citified vs Cityfied - What's the difference?
citified | cityfied |
(citify)
Characteristic of the sophisticated customs or dress associated with city life.
* 1794 , quoted in 2009, Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 ,
* 1922 , , The Elementary school journal , Volume 23,
* 1928 , The Mimes of the Courtesans (English translation of a work by Lucian):
* 1931 , Russell Lord, Men of Earth'', 1975 reprint edition, ''American Farmers and the Rise of Agribusiness ,
* 1943 , Ann Chidester, No longer fugitive , page 215:
* 1982 , Robert John Smith, Ella Lury Wiswell, The Women of Suye Mura ,
As adjectives the difference between citified and cityfied
is that citified is characteristic of the sophisticated customs or dress associated with city life while cityfied is an alternative spelling of lang=en.As a verb citified
is past tense of citify.citified
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
- 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.