inurbane

English

Etymology

From Latin inurbānus. By surface analysis, in- +‎ urbane.

Adjective

inurbane (comparative more inurbane, superlative most inurbane)

1. uncivil; unpolished; rude
   • 1873, Matthew Arnold, An Essay Towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible:

     Just would this be, and by no means inurbane

Derived terms

• inurbanely
• inurbaneness
• inurbanity

Anagrams

• Bruneian, neurabin

Italian

Adjective

inurbane

1. feminine plural of inurbano

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Latin urbs

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin urbānus

Latin inurbānus

Latin -ē

Latin inurbāne

From inurbānus (“rustic, unmannerly”) + -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.nʊrˈbaː.nɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.nurˈbaː.ne]

Adverb

inurbāne (not comparable)

1. inelegantly, without wit

References

• “inurbane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inurbane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers