inurbane
English
Etymology
From Latin inurbānus. By surface analysis, in- + urbane.
Adjective
inurbane (comparative more inurbane, superlative most inurbane)
- uncivil; unpolished; rude
- 1873, Matthew Arnold, An Essay Towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible:
- Just would this be, and by no means inurbane
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Italian
Adjective
inurbane
- feminine plural of inurbano
Latin
Etymology
inurbānus (“rustic, unmannerly”) + -ē
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.nʊrˈbaː.nɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.nurˈbaː.ne]
Adverb
inurbāne (not comparable)
- inelegantly, without wit
References
- “inurbane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inurbane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers