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unurbane

unurbane adjective: not urbane.

Adjective

unurbane (comparative more unurbane, superlative most unurbane)

  1. Not urbane.
    • 'Tis language un-urbane, and only befitting the man vvho cannot give clear and ſatisfactory accounts of things, or dive deep enough into the firſt cauſes of human ignorance and confuſion.1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter II, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume II, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, →OCLC...

Forms of unurbane

comparativemore unurbane
superlativemost unurbane

Origin of unurbane

From un- + urbane.

Questions about unurbane

What does unurbane mean?
Unurbane means not urbane.
What part of speech is unurbane?
Unurbane is an adjective.

Words near unurbane in the dictionary

  1. unuprightly
  2. unuprightness
  3. unupset
  4. unupsettable
  5. unurban
  6. unurbane
  7. unurbanised
  8. unurbanized
  9. unurged
  10. unurgency
  11. unurgent

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