Syn: hick, rustic, unsophisticated. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
bumpkinly — adjective awkwardly simple and provincial bumpkinly country boys rustic farmers a hick town the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists • Syn: ↑hick, ↑rustic, ↑unsophisticated … Useful english dictionary
bumpkinly — adjective see bumpkin I … New Collegiate Dictionary
bumpkinly — bump·kin·ly … English syllables
hick — adj. 1. rural. Opposite of {urban}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. characteristic of rural people, especially those not knowledgeable about matters outside their locality; as, hick ideas; a hick town. Syn: bumpkinly, rustic, unsophisticated. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bumpkin — I. noun Etymology: perhaps from Dutch bommekijn small cask, from Middle Dutch, from bomme cask Date: 1570 an awkward and unsophisticated rustic • bumpkinish adjective • bumpkinly adjective II. noun or bumkin … New Collegiate Dictionary
bumpkin — bumpkin1 bumpkinish, bumpkinly, adj. /bump kin/, n. an awkward, simple rustic; yokel. [1560 70; < MD bommekijn little barrel, equiv. to boom BEAM + kijn KIN] Syn. clod, boor, hillbilly, hayseed, rube, hick, yahoo. bumpkin2 /bump kin/, n. Naut. a… … Universalium
chawbacon — noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture • Syn: ↑yokel, ↑rube, ↑hick, ↑yahoo, ↑hayseed, ↑bumpkin • Derivationally related forms: ↑bumpkinly (fo … Useful english dictionary
