peasanty

/ ˈpɛzəntɪ /

adjective

1. having qualities ascribed to traditional country life or people; simple or unsophisticated
2. crude, awkward, or uncouth

Example Sentences

After that, when she had a hankering for a cotton dress, something “airy and peasanty feeling that was easy to throw on,” she whipped one up.

From New York Times

One night, I liked a special of soft, gooey strappatelle, a peasanty bread-dough dumpling from southern Umbria, prepared cacio e pepe, with a mouth-shattering jolt of black pepper and sharp cheese.

From Los Angeles Times

Besides, he was beginning to like Blanca, now that she was more robust and had acquired that languor that was smoothing away her rough, peasanty edges.

From Literature

They were featured performers, but, even on the bandstand, they dressed in peasanty blouses run up by their economical grandmother Guilfoyle.

From Time Magazine Archive

These festive alternatives, along with dishes ranging from peasanty to princely, are suggested by a new crop of cookbooks harvested from Celtic, English, Continental and Latin American kitchens.

From Time Magazine Archive