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  • 111canto fermo — Plain Plain, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even.… …

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  • 112Cornball — Corn ball (k[^o]rn b[add]l), n. 1. a {corn ball}. [PJC] 2. a person who is corny; one who is overly sentimental. [informal] [PJC] 3. an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin. [informal] [PJC] …

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  • 113Countrified — Coun tri*fied (k[u^]n tr[i^]*f[imac]d), p. a. [Also spelled {countryfied}.] Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude; as, countrified clothes. [1913 Webster] As being one who took no pride, And was a deal too countrified. Lloyd. [1913… …

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  • 114countryfied — Countrified Coun tri*fied (k[u^]n tr[i^]*f[imac]d), p. a. [Also spelled {countryfied}.] Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude; as, countrified clothes. [1913 Webster] As being one who took no pride, And was a deal too countrified.… …

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  • 115Funk — (f[u^][ng]k), n. an earthy, seemingly unsophisticated style of jazz music having elements of black American blues and gospel. [PJC] …

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  • 116Gauche — (g[=o]sh), n. [F.] 1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) Winding; twisted; warped; applied to curves and surfaces. [1913 Webster] 3. Lacking grace and perceptivity in social situations; crude; tactless; socially inept …

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  • 117hayseed — hay seed n. 1. a rural, unsophisticated person; also used in an extended sense for one who is not very intelligent or uninterested in culture. Syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, bumpkin, chawbacon. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Seed from grass, especially that… …

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  • 118hick — adj. 1. rural. Opposite of {urban}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. characteristic of rural people, especially those not knowledgeable about matters outside their locality; as, hick ideas; a hick town. Syn: bumpkinly, rustic, unsophisticated. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 119Innocent — In no*cent, n. 1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] In Scotland a natural fool was called an… …

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  • 120Innocents' day — Innocent In no*cent, n. 1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] In Scotland a natural fool was… …

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