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Definition of Citified
1. Adjective. Being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person.
Definition of Citified
1. a. Aping, or having, the manners of a city.
Definition of Citified
1. Verb. (past of citify) ¹
2. Adjective. Characteristic of the sophisticated customs or dress associated with city life. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Citified
1. citify [v] - See also: citify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Citified
Literary usage of Citified
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Home Life in America by Katherine Graves Busbey (1910)
"There is no effort to be " citified" in the hospitality of old Southern families.
Manorial hospitality and gentlemanly leisure are ..."
2. School Efficiency: A Manual of Modern School Management by Henry Eastman Bennett (1917)
"The American word "citified," the Latin "urbane," and the Greek "polite" have the
... The shallow "citified" quality is offensive because of its obvious ..."
3. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1881)
"He had a citified air about him that ate into Tom's vitals. The more Tom stared
at the splendid marvel, the higher he turned up his nose at his finery and ..."
4. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, John Albert Macy, Annie Sullivan (1905)
"Even the trees seem citified and self-conscious. Indeed, I doubt if they are on
speaking terms with their country cousins ! Do you know, I cannot help ..."
5. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1910)
"Rebecca," he continued, after a moment's pause, " who u that young girl with a
lot of pretty red hair and very citified manners ? She escorted me down the ..."
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