bumpkin

bump·kin ¹  (bmpkn, bm-)

n.

An awkward, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

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[Perhaps from Flemish boomken, shrub, diminutive of boom, tree; see bheu- in Indo-European roots or from Middle Dutch bommekijn, diminutive of bomme, barrel.]

Word History: The term bumpkin may at one time have been directed at an entire people rather than that segment of the population living in a rural area. The first recorded appearance of the word in 1570 is glossed by the Latin word Batavus, "Dutchman," making plausible the suggestion that bumpkin may come from either the Middle Dutch word bommekijn, "little barrel," or the Flemish word boomken, "shrub." The connection would be between a squat object and the short rotund figure of the Dutchman in the popular imagination. Any bumpkin would surely prefer this etymology to the suggestion that bumpkin is a derivative of bum, "the rear end."

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bump·kin ²  (bmpkn, bm-)

n.

A short spar projecting from the deck of a ship, used to extend a sail or secure a block or stay.

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[Probably from Dutch boomken, diminutive of boom, tree; see boom².]

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bumpkin¹

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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bumpkin², bumkin

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) variant spellings of boomkin

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bumpkin - a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel rustic - an unsophisticated country person

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bumpkin

noun yokel, peasant, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rustic, lout, hillbilly, oaf, country bumpkin, clown, boor, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), clodhopper, lubber unsophisticated country bumpkins

Translations

bumpkin [ˈbʌmpkɪn] N (also country bumpkin) (pej) → pueblerino/a m/f, paleto/a m/f (Sp)

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bumpkin [ˈbʌmpkɪn] n (= yokel) → péquenaud m

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bumpkin

n (also country bumpkin, = man) → (Bauern)tölpel m; (= woman) → Trampel f → vom Land

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bumpkin

n bumpkin [ˈbampkin]

a clumsy or stupid country person a country bumpkin. lomperd, plaasjapie شَخْصٌ ريفي ساذِج дръвник balík bondetamp der Bauernlümmel επαρχιώτης, αγροίκος (μειωτ.) paleto mats هالو؛ ساده لوح juntti rustre כָּפרִי לֹא מְעוּדָן देहाती गंवार prostak esetlen falusi fajankó orang kampung bifolco, zotico いなか者 투박한 시골뜨기 kaimo Jurgis lempis orang hulu kinkel bondeknoll gamoń campónio ţopârlan деревенщина; мужлан balík nerodnež kulov tölp, bondlurk คนบ้านนอก budala, ahmak 鄉巴佬 неотесана людина, мужлай دیہاتی ، گھامڑ ، گنوار người vụng về 乡巴佬