backwoodsy en · ADJ
Etymology
From backwoods + -y.
Meanings
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(US) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most backwoodsy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more backwoodsy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |