homespun

== English == === Etymology === From home +‎ spun. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊmˌspʌn/ === Adjective === homespun (not comparable) (of yarn) Spun in the home. Hypernym: homemade (of fabric) Woven in the home. Hypernym: homemade (of clothing, etc.) Made from homespun fabric. Hypernym: homemade (by extension) Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious. Synonyms: down-home, cracker-barrel Coordinate term: (of language use) plainspoken 1707, Joseph Addison, Prologue to Phaedra and Hippolitus (spoken by Mr. Wilkes, written by Edmund Smith) our homespun authors must forsake the field ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === homespun (countable and uncountable, plural homespuns) Fabric made from homespun yarn. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same. (obsolete) An unpolished, rustic person. === See also === down-home homegrown roughspun == French == === Noun === homespun m (uncountable) homespun (fabric) === Further reading === “homespun”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012