Associations to the word «Hayseed»

Wiktionary

HAYSEED, noun. Seeds from grass that has become hay.
HAYSEED, noun. Cruft from bits of hay that sticks to clothing, etc.
HAYSEED, noun. (only countable) A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin. [Also used attributively: e.g. a hayseed name.]

Dictionary definition

HAYSEED, noun. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats