Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a bumpkin or clown; clownish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective unsophisticated in a manner resembling a lifelong resident of rural areas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Befitting a
bumpkin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective awkwardly simple and provincial
Etymologies
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bumpkin + -ly
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Examples
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Why, thou hast been so long in the country, that thou hast got a bumpkinly clod-compelling sort of look thyself.
Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801
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