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coun⋅tri⋅fied

[kuhn-truh-fahyd]
–adjective
1. rustic or rural in appearance, conduct, etc.: a countrified person; a countrified area amid the suburbs.
2. not sophisticated or cosmopolitan; provincial.


Origin:
1645–55; countrify + -ed 2


coun⋅tri⋅fied⋅ness, noun

coun⋅tri⋅fy

[kuhn-truh-fahy]
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
to make countrified.

Origin:
country + -fy
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coun·tri·fied also coun·try·fied   (kŭn'trĭ-fīd')   
adj.  
  1. Resembling or having the characteristics of country life; rural.

  2. Lacking sophistication.

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