Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to or characteristic of a yokel; rustic.
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- adjective Like a
rustic orbumpkin ;simple andignorant .
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- adjective (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Giants, to much fanfare, signed the charmingly yokelish Giants quarterback to a six-year, $97.5 million contract extension last month, which, on its surface, made ... var news_amount = 1;
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He starts an affair with Margaret Gunn, one of the local yokels with an even more stupid and yokelish husband.
WEREWOLF BY MOONLIGHT by Guy N. Smith (New English Library 1974) 2005
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He starts an affair with Margaret Gunn, one of the local yokels with an even more stupid and yokelish husband.
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He starts an affair with Margaret Gunn, one of the local yokels with an even more stupid and yokelish husband.
WEREWOLF BY MOONLIGHT by Guy N. Smith (New English Library 1974) 2005
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The guide, a thinnish, tall and wizened type, with a long, narrow head and small, keen, bright blue eyes laughed a yokelish laugh as he studied the group.
An American Tragedy 2004
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She wondered whether it was tact or yokelish indifference.
Free Air Sinclair Lewis 1918
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