homespun.

1. Made from thread spun at home, or resembling such cloth.

2. Simple, direct, and unaffected, often associated with ordinary rural life.

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Words that belong together

• homespun cloth
• homespun wool

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The museum displayed a homespun coat repaired with three different kinds of thread.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Literal fabric adjective normally non-gradable; figurative style comparative more homespun, superlative most homespun. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.