ppl. a. [f. next + -ED1. (The Dictionaries give preference to countrified; but countryfied often occurs in good modern writers.)]
1. Conformed to the country and its life, as opposed to that of the town; having the appearance, manners and character that belong to, or are associated with, rural life; affected by or smacking of life in the country; rustic.
1653. Fisher, Baby Baptism, 7. We ourselves were now countrified by our long non-residence in the University.
1759. J. Townley, High Life below Stairs, I. 7. I’ll be so countrify’d you shall not know me.
1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, liii. Miss Bell’s a little countryfied.
1875. Mrs. Randolph, W. Hyacinth, I. 7. They will think us stupid and countrified.
Comb. 1840. R. H. Dana, Bef. Mast, v. 12. A thoroughly countrified-looking fellow.
b. Conformable to the fashion of a country.
1864. R. F. Burton, Dahome, 38. If … you wish to be peculiarly countrified, you sign to him to kneel.
2. Of scenery: Country-like, rural.
1756. Lloyd, Cits Country Box, 60. So sweet a distance for a ride, And all about so countrified!
1814. Lamb, Lett. to Wordsworth, 9 Aug. All that was countryfied in the parks is all but obliterated.
1887. T. A. Trollope, What I remember, II. viii. 133. It was altogether more retired and countrified, nestling closely among the chestnut woods.
Hence Countrifiedness.
1891. Athenæum, 16 July, 43. The common countryfiedness of their subjects.
