transpontine

[ trans-pon-tin, -tahyn ]

adjective

1. across or beyond a bridge.
2. on the southern side of the Thames in London.

transpontine

/ trænzˈpɒntaɪn /

adjective

1. on or from the far side of a bridge
2. archaic.
   on or from the south side of the Thames in London

Word History and Origins

Origin of transpontine¹

1835–45; trans- + Latin pont- (stem of pōns ) bridge + -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of transpontine¹

C19: trans- + -pontine , from Latin pōns bridge

Example Sentences

And for the last transpontine decade I have been regrowing north London roots while continuing to tend south London attachments as best I can.

From The Guardian

The bad undergraduate defied the Ten Commandments, all and severally, with the ease and success of the villain of transpontine melodrama.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon this plot Gilbert wrote his clever burlesque on the transpontine drama—the drama of the virtuous peasant girl in the clutches of the bold and bad baronet—and amongst his characters is a tragic figure not unlike Shakespeare's Ophelia.

From Project Gutenberg

This transpontine restriction undoubtedly narrows the life and interests of Julfa.

From Project Gutenberg

Transpontine, trans-pon′tin, adj. situated across a bridge, esp. belonging to the part of London on the Surrey side of the Thames, hence melodramatic from the tastes of the theatres there.

From Project Gutenberg