transpontine

adj

Etymology

From trans- + pontine.

  1. derived from Pontia
  2. prefixed as transpontine — “trans- + pontine

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or situated on the far side of a bridge.

  2. Of, relating to, or situated on the far side of a sea.

    • he may beget upon her Children worthy of ſome Transpontine Monarchy
    • Other young women in Paris — in the little tight transpontine world of art-study […]
  3. Relating to the sensational melodramas presented on the south side of the Thames in the…

    Relating to the sensational melodramas presented on the south side of the Thames in the 19th century or earlier.

    • Blood and thunder melodrama was once transpontine: it is now cispontine. It has crossed the Thames, and come over the bridges.

The neighborhood

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