unsophisticateadj.
(un- prefix1 2b. Cf. unsophisticated adj.)
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > unsophisticated
plainc1425
homelyc1426
homespun1590
brown bread1606
unsophisticate1607
simple1613
uncompounded1615
uncourtlike1659
unsophisticated1665
russet-coated1683
buff1792
unvarnished1827
rube1898
cracker-barrel1933
haimish1957
bakya1960
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > in its natural state, unsophisticated
purec1300
right1466
sincere1557
in grain?1577
genuine1607
unsophisticate1607
honesta1616
undistracted1656
unsophisticated1664
inartful1714
unabsurd1744
in the raw1785
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. Ded. to Ld. P. Herbert Yet when I shall be tride, I hope I shall proue vnsophisticat.
1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 172 Few English men dare purchase an Estate; Unless your Wisdom's unsophisticate The Title vouch.
1685 J. Norris Let. 28 Jan. in Theory & Regulation Love (1688) 165 The unsophisticate and genuin relish of the Soul.
1761 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 9) p. xxviii These Medicines..you may be sure of having..good in their Kind; pure, genuine, unsophisticate.
1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 235 Nature unsophisticate by man, Starts not aside from her Creator's plan.
1867 J. R. Lowell Fitz Adam's Story 605 Men unsophisticate, rude-nerved as bears.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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