backwoodsy
backwoodsy adjective: typical of something or someone from the backwoods.
Adjective
backwoodsy (comparative more backwoodsy, superlative most backwoodsy)
- Typical of something or someone from the backwoods.
- Johnson, 45 years old with thinning blond hair, was a strapping, cigar-smoking man from Owensboro, Kentucky, who still spoke in a kind of slow, backwoodsy drawl.1989 March 3, John A. Jenkins, “High Stakes”, in Chicago Reader
- Bang's rough violin scrapes convey a backwoodsy ruralism, recalling the rootsy fiddle playing of southern prewar black string bands[…].1994 April 8, Peter Margasak, “Kahil El'Zabar, Malachi Favors, Billy Bang”, in Chicago Reader
- Synonyms:
- backwoods
Synonyms of backwoodsy
Forms of backwoodsy
| comparative | more backwoodsy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most backwoodsy |
Origin of backwoodsy
From backwoods + -y.
Words formed from backwoodsy
Questions about backwoodsy
- What does backwoodsy mean?
- Backwoodsy means typical of something or someone from the backwoods.
- What part of speech is backwoodsy?
- Backwoodsy is an adjective.
Words near backwoodsy in the dictionary
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