a combining form extracted from place names 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).
(slang, mainly US) (denoting) a place, condition, or quality with a character as specified: dragsville, squaresville
Word Origin and History for -ville
suffix sporadically in vogue in U.S. colloquial word formation since c.1840 (cf. dullsville, palookaville), abstracted from the -ville in place names (Louisville, Greenville, etc.), from Old French ville "town," from Latin villa (see villa).
Slang definitions & phrases for -ville
-sville
suffix
used to form adjectives Characterized by what is indicated: dragsville/ splitsville/ squaresville
used to form nouns Place characterized by what is indicated: Derbyville/ Motorsville(1891+)