bumpkin
oxford
views updated May 23 2018bump·kin / ˈbəmpkin/ •
n. inf., often derog. an unsophisticated or socially awkward person from a rural area: a country bumpkin.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
bumpkin
oxford
views updated May 23 2018bumpkin XVI. The earliest ex., with the gloss
Batavus Batavian, suggests that it was orig. applied joc. to Dutchmen; perh. — Du.
boomken little tree, or MDu.
bommekijn little barrel, used fig. for ‘squat figure’.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
