| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign.[Websters]
2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated.[Websters] 3. Being native, domestic, indigenous, vernacular or natural. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb home-bredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (home-bredly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective home-bred.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HOME-BRED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
