backwoods

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Adjective 1.5 References 1.6 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From back +‎ woods.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbakˌwʊdz/

[edit] Noun

backwoods pl.

1. Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
2. A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
   • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 22:

     about that time, you may [...] reckon, if like me you belong to the back-woods, that I began to make up my acquaintance with hard times, and a plenty of them.

[edit] Adjective

backwoods (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the backwoods.
2. Rough, uncouth, coarse or crude in social matters.

[edit] References

• backwoods in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Derived terms

• backwoodsman