clumsy+rustic

  • 21boor — boor, churl, lout, clown, clodhopper, bumpkin, hick, yokel, rube are comparable when meaning an uncouth, ungainly fellow. Most of these words may be applied to rustics, but they tend increasingly to imply reference to breeding, manners, and… …

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  • 22gel-1 —     gel 1     English meaning: “to curl; round, *gland, growth, ball, fathom, arm”     Deutsche Übersetzung: “ballen, sich ballen; Gerundetes, Kugeliges” etc     Material: evidence for the unadjusted root form are seldom and partly very doubtful …

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  • 23clown — [kloun] n. [< ? Scand, as in Ice klunni, clumsy person] 1. Obs. a peasant or farmer; rustic 2. a clumsy, boorish, or incompetent person 3. a performer who entertains, as in a circus, by antics, jokes, tricks, etc.; jester 4. a person who… …

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  • 24Clown — (kloun), n. [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. kl[ o]nne clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log, block, and E. clump, n.] 1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill bred person; a boor. Sir P.… …

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  • 25Clownish — Clown ish, a. Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. Clownish hands. Spenser. Clownish mimic. Prior. {Clown ish*ly}, adv. Syn: Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill bred; boorish; rustic; …

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  • 26Clownishly — Clownish Clown ish, a. Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. Clownish hands. Spenser. Clownish mimic. Prior. {Clown ish*ly}, adv. Syn: Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill bred;… …

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  • 27clodhopper — noun Date: 1709 1. a clumsy and uncouth rustic 2. a large heavy work shoe or boot …

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