ROUGH-HEWN


Meaning of ROUGH-HEWN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈhyün ]

adjective

Date: 1530

1. : being in a rough, unsmoothed, or unfinished state : crudely formed

rough-hewn beams

2. : lacking refinement

he was rather attractive, in a rough-hewn kind of way — Jan Speas

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.