Manhattanite
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editManhattanite (not comparable)
- Of, or from, Manhattan.
- 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:
- This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.
Synonyms
edit- Manhattanese (dated)
Noun
editManhattanite (plural Manhattanites)
- Someone from Manhattan.
- 2012 May 24, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: Vampire's Kiss”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- The most likely explanation is that Cage imagined Peter as a fop of the first order, the type of ivory-tower Manhattanite whose exalted sense of privilege naturally leads to a hilariously affected manner of speech.