bumpkin
noun/ˈbʌmpkɪn/
Etymology
From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), equivalent to boom + -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.
- borrowed from boomken
Definitions
A clumsy, unsophisticated person
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
- They mix with Dancers, who now advance to the front, where a bumpkin, or dance of many interwoven reels, is performed; after which the Bride is led to a seat, and some of her Maidens sit by her.
The neighborhood
- synonymbogan
- synonymboor
- synonymbumpkin
- synonymchawbacon
- synonymchuff
- synonymchurl
- synonymclenchpoop
- synonymclown
- synonymcornball
- synonymjay
- synonymkern
- synonymlamb
- neighboridiot
- neighboridler
- neighborignoramus
- neighborperson
- neighborbarbarian
- neighborcountry bumpkin
- neighborheathen
- neighborhick
- neighborhillbilly
- neighboringenue
- neighborjoskin
- neighborphilistine
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA