单词 | bumpkinish |
释义 | bumpkinishadj. Characteristic of a bumpkin; unsophisticated, rustic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [adjective] > rude or ignorant peasant bacon-fed1598 hobnailed1599 pezantic1613 municipal1619 hobnail1624 swainish1642 bumpkinly1656 puttish1738 bumpkinish1778 hobbish1823 yokel1823 small-town1824 clodhopping1828 yokelish1886 hick1920 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvii. 110 I had been brought up in the country, which..had given me a very bumpkinish air. 1861 Court Life at Naples I. xii. 141 Our heroine..had the bumpkinish taste to love every person and thing connected with that home. 1975 W. Kennedy Legs 282 My image before the jury was calculatedly bumpkinish, my clothes workingman's best, aspiring to shabby genteel. 2014 N.Y. Times 5 Jan. br 6 We assumed that the man who painted such enduring images of small-town life would have had a bumpkinish voice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1778 |
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