countrified

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English

Etymology

From countrify +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

Adjective

countrified (comparative more countrified, superlative most countrified)

  1. Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
    • 1951 November, R. K. Kirkland, “The Wimbledon and West Croydon Line of the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 721:
      Although houses and factories appeared in great profusion in the 1930s, there still remain odd groups of cottages dating from an earlier and more countrified period.
    • 2006, Noire , Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 143:
      There was this hot little countrified sistah who had caught my eye during the beginning of freshman year, but I just hadn't had a chance to work my way around to her yet.
    • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 50:
      Westbourne Park [station] is also countrified, with valanced canopies and fancy ironwork (which is painted a dingy yellow).
  2. Having the characteristics of country music.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 269:
      Over the next couple of years, a few more countrified albums appeared, and to more singles—"Tarkio Road" (#55, 1971) and "Shake Off The Demons (#98, 1972)—won positions on the Hot 100.

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Verb

countrified

  1. simple past and past participle of countrify

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