-ville (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

  1. a combining form extracted from placenames ending in -ville, used in the coinage of informal nonce words, usually pejorative, that characterize a place, person, group, or situation (dullsville; disasterville; Mediaville) or that name a condition (embarrassmentville; gloomsville).
n and adj combining form
  1. (denoting) a place, condition, or quality with a character as specified
-ville (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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