provincial vs sore

provincial

noun
  • A country bumpkin. 

  • A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. 

  • A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order. 

adj
  • Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude 

  • Narrow; illiberal. 

  • Constituting a province. 

  • Of or pertaining to a province. 

  • Limited in outlook; narrow. 

  • Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. 

  • Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical. 

sore

noun
  • A young buck in its fourth year. 

  • An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin. 

  • Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. 

  • A young hawk or falcon in its first year. 

adv
  • Sorely. 

verb
  • To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait. 

adj
  • Dire; distressing. 

  • Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive. 

  • Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. 

  • Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered. 

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