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boorishness

noun

Etymology

From boorish + -ness.

  1. borrowed from boer
  2. suffixed as boorish — “boor + ish”
  3. suffixed as boorishness — “boorish + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish

    The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.

    • No refinement in him would now have surprised her; but neither would any outbreak of boorishness.
    • From the first the Russian had exhibited every trait of his true character—selfishness, boorishness, arrogance, cowardice, and lust.
    • Unfortunately, there were moments of pure indulgence, drunken boorishness and rambling unintelligible poetry midway through the evening.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA