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| —n | |
| an ill-mannered, clumsy, or insensitive person | |
| [Old English gebūr; related to Old High German gibūr farmer, dweller, Albanian būr man; see | |
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Word Origin & History
boor
13c., from O.Fr. bovier "herdsman," from L. bovis, gen. of bos "cow, ox." Re-introduced 16c. from Du. boer, from M.Du. gheboer "fellow dweller," from P.Gmc. *buram "dweller," especially "farmer," from PIE *bhu-, from base *bheue- (see be). Original meaning was "peasant farmer"
(cf. Ger. Bauer, Du. boer, Dan. bonde), and in English it was at first applied to agricultural laborers in or from other lands, as opposed to the native yeoman; negative connotation first attested 1560s (in boorish), from notion of clownish rustics. Related: Boorishness.
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Example sentences
In his letters he referred to himself as an insufferable crab or boor.
The only interactive aspect is arguing with the boor on his cell phone two rows behind you.
Maybe he'd best use an alias, lest he come across as a total boor.
The boor has been returned to her miraculously transformed.
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