countrified

countrified
countrifiedness, n.
/kun"treuh fuyd'/, adj.
1. rustic or rural in appearance, conduct, etc.: a countrified person; a countrified area amid the suburbs.
2. not sophisticated or cosmopolitan; provincial.
[1645-55; COUNTRIFY + -ED2]

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