citified

or cit·y·fied

[ sit-i-fahyd ]

adjective

1. made into a city.
2. having city habits, fashions, etc.

citified

/ ˈsɪtɪˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. derogatory.
   having the customs, manners, or dress of city people

Word History and Origins

Origin of citified¹

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; city + -fy + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Annan: How do you then step into that and make it citified?

From Los Angeles Times

Going outside didn’t mean I had to cross paths with John and his citified ways.

From Literature

This picture, directed by Stuart McDonald, is more in the not-terribly-different “citified go-getter falls under the spell of a magical place and the hunk who hangs out there” mode.

From New York Times

Even now, few Woodstock locals know the precise location, though it is not far from the storied town that the citified Mr. Bowie derided on his first visit in 2002 as “too cute for words.”

From New York Times

Agricultural counties versus citified ones, densely populated versus sparsely populated, poor counties feeling steamrolled by the interests of rich ones — people in every generation had a new reason to cut up California.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• civic
• civil
• downtown
• metropolitan