homespun

[hohm-spuhn]

adjective

1. spun spin or made at home.

   homespun cloth.

2. made of such cloth.

   homespun clothing.

3. plain; unpolished; unsophisticated; simple; rustic.

   homespun humor.

noun

1. a plain-weave cloth made at home, or of homespun yarn.

2. any cloth of similar appearance.

3. a rustic person.

homespun

/ ˈhəʊmˌspʌn /

adjective

1. having plain or unsophisticated character

2. woven or spun at home

noun

1. cloth made at home or made of yarn spun at home

2. a cloth resembling this but made on a power loom

Word History and Origins

Origin of homespun¹

First recorded in 1580–90; home + spun

Example Sentences

No doubt Agatha Swanburne would have agreed with this homespun wisdom, but the advice went unheeded, for Lady Constance had just reached the same conclusion that Penelope had come to that very morning.

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And while it may seem homespun, Paul and Linda McCartney and their growing family are the group’s down-to-earth epicenter.

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Yet his homespun wit and his emotional specificity also bear the influence of the master he describes as his “songwriting GOAT”: John Prine.

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And frankly, in these conditions, I should be getting more erratic literature from modest, homespun polygamist cults capitalizing on the moment, enticing me with the rent-free, abandoned farmhouse its nude members get to share.

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It didn't help matters that he had become a dull and listless speaker, in sharp contrast to both his early homespun style and the sparkling rhetoric and optimism the former actor Reagan regularly supplied.

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Related Words

• rustic