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adj
Characteristic of or befitting a hayseed (person); rustic, uncultivated, backwater.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Seeds from grass that has become hay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Cruft from bits of hay that sticks to clothing, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin, clodhopper, dubbo, joskin, hayseed, hick, hob, hobnail, hog-rubber, honyock, hunk, lob, promdi, provincial, rube, rustic, woolly back, yokel
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noun
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, bumpkin, chawbacon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rustic
History
From hay + seed.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
