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Meaning of townish | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of a (certain type of) town.
    in-compounds, often
  2. Pertaining to or inhabiting a town, urban.
    obsolete

Examples

“My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ they ſang ſometyme a ſong of the feld mowſe that forbicauſe her lyvelood was but thyñ Would nedes goo ſeke her townyſſh ſyſters howſe”
“In stature passing all the rest, A gallant girl for hewe; To be compared to townish nymphs, So faire she was to viewe.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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