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yo⋅kel
/
ˈyoʊ
kəl
/
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uh
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–noun
a rustic; a country bumpkin.
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Origin:
1805–15;
orig. uncert.
Related forms:
yo⋅kel⋅ish,
adjective
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yo·kel
(yō'kəl)
n. A rustic; a bumpkin.
[
Origin unknown
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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yokel
1812, perhaps from dial. Ger.
Jokel,
disparaging name for a farmer, originally dim. of
Jakob.
Or perhaps from Eng.
yokel
, dialectal name for "woodpecker."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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