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/məʊˈfʌs(ə)l/ · noun
(India) Originally, the regions of India outside the three East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural areas..
His natural language was crass and of the mofussil, yet he could pepper it with smart turns of phrase on occasion.
Such are the means by which the Mofussil, “up-country,” or provincial Anglo-Indian will reach his station or district, and unless he is going to Bombay or Calcutta, which are practically the two entrance doors of the Empire, with Madras for a back door, his first experience of Anglo-Indian life will be of travel; and the land journey will often prove much more trying than the sea-voyage.
Use mofussil when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mofussil means (India) Originally, the regions of India outside the three East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural areas..
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His natural language was crass and of the mofussil, yet he could pepper it with smart turns of phrase on occasion.
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