bumpkinish
kɪn noun
an awkward, simple rustic; yokel.
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| —n | |
| an awkward simple rustic person (esp in the phrase country bumpkin) | |
| [C16 (perhaps originally applied to Dutchmen): perhaps from Dutch boomken small tree, or from Middle Dutch boomekijn small barrel, alluding to a short or squat person] | |
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| bumpkin or bumkin2 (ˈbʌmpkɪn) | |
| —n | |
| variant spellings of boomkin | |
| bumkin or bumkin2 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
bumpkin
"awkward country fellow," 1560s, probably from M.Du. bommekijn "little barrel," dim. of boom "tree." Apparently, though itself Dutch, it began as a derogatory reference to Dutch people as short and dumpy.
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