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boroughitis

noun

Etymology

From borough + -itis.

  1. inherited from *burgz✻ — “stronghold, city”
  2. inherited from *burg✻
  3. inherited from burh
  4. inherited from borwe
  5. formed as boroughitis — “borough + -itis”

Definitions

  1. Prolific formation of new boroughs in the state of New Jersey in the 1890s.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA