单词 | rurigenous |
释义 | rurigenousadj. Now rare. Born or dwelling in the country; rural, rustic. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > country dweller > [adjective] > country-bred country-bred1620 bred1670 rurigenous1727 farm-bred1842 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Rurigenous, born or dwelling in the Country. 1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. II. 119 Rurigenous cook-maids, and automatical bankers' clerks may take care of their autography. 1810 G. Chalmers Caledonia II. 936 The word runchies, for weeds, is generally known to rurigenous people. 1969 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Sept. 32/1 Why, on the threshold of the nineteen-seventies, is the United States reverting to its rurigenous music of the nineteen-thirties? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1727 |
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