countrified

[ kuhn-truh-fahyd ]
/ ˈkʌn trəˌfaɪd /
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adjective

rustic or rural in appearance, conduct, etc.: a countrified person; a countrified area amid the suburbs.
not sophisticated or cosmopolitan; provincial.

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Also countryfied.

Origin of countrified

First recorded in 1645–55; countrify + -ed2

OTHER WORDS FROM countrified

coun·tri·fied·ness, nounun·coun·tri·fied, adjective

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Definition for countrified (2 of 2)

countrify
[ kuhn-truh-fahy ]
/ ˈkʌn trəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object), coun·tri·fied, coun·tri·fy·ing.

to make countrified.

Origin of countrify

country + -fy
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Words related to countrified

agrarian, rural, rustic

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British Dictionary definitions for countrified

countrified

countryfied

/ (ˈkʌntrɪˌfaɪd) /

adjective

in the style, manners, etc, of the country; rural
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