barriotic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

barrio +‎ -ic

Adjective[edit]

barriotic (comparative more barriotic, superlative most barriotic)

  1. (Philippines) uncouth; unrefined
    • 2017, Menchu Aquino Sarmiento, Ukay-Ukay: Cuentos and Diskuwentos:
      Their elegantly esoteric excursions into the realms of pure thought, color, form, line, space or the simple sensuality of their chosen medium have the internationalism that the vividly barriotic works of local color lack.