hayseed
pronunciation
How to pronounce hayseed in British English:
UK ['heɪsi:d]
How to pronounce hayseed in American English:
US ['heɪˌsid]
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- Noun:
- not very intelligent or interested in culture
Word Origin
- hayseed (n.)
- also hay-seed, 1570s, "grass seed shaken out of hay," from hay + seed (n.). In U.S. slang sense of "comical rustic" it dates from 1875. To have hayseed in (one's) hair was a common mid-19c. way in U.S. to indicate a country person. The opinion of the court was delivered by Justice Hunt; the chief justice, in whose hair the Ohio hayseed still lingers, delivering a dissenting opinion (etc.) ["The Chronicle," New York, Nov. 12, 1874]
Example
- 1. She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed .
- 2. I 'm no local hayseed cop .
- 3. Look at what you killed , you ignorant hayseed !
- 4. She insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed , no matter how rich he was .
- 5. A. she insisted that she would not marry herself off to a hayseed , no matter how rich he was .