countrified

[kuhn-truh-fahyd]

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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.

Also countryfied.

Origin of countrified

First recorded in 1645–55; countrify + -ed²

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

countrify

[kuhn-truh-fahy]

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

to make countrified.

Origin of countrify

country + -fy

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Examples from the Web for countrified

Historical Examples

Is not that like nobody on earth but sweet, slow, obstinate, countrified Aunt Ann?
Against Odds
Lawrence L. Lynch
There are five thousand people in this old, faded, countrified town.
Afloat on the Ohio
Reuben Gold Thwaites
Paris still bewildered him like some countrified boor on his first visit.
Artists' Wives
Alphonse Daudet
His speech and his ways were "countrified," and they remained so all the days of his life.
Stories Of Georgia
Joel Chandler Harris
Fanny did n't say "countrified," but she meant it, and Polly felt uncomfortable.
An Old-fashioned Girl
Louisa May Alcott

British Dictionary definitions for countrified

countrified

countryfied

adjective

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

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Word Origin and History for countrified

adj.

1650s, from country + past participle form of -fy.

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countrify

Origin of countrify

Examples from the Web for countrified

Historical Examples

Is not that like nobody on earth but sweet, slow, obstinate, countrified Aunt Ann?

There are five thousand people in this old, faded, countrified town.

Paris still bewildered him like some countrified boor on his first visit.

His speech and his ways were "countrified," and they remained so all the days of his life.

Fanny did n't say "countrified," but she meant it, and Polly felt uncomfortable.

countrified

countryfied

Word Origin and History for countrified

adj.

Origin of countrified