bumpkin

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
22
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈbʌmpkɪn/
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/ˈbʌmpkɪn/ · /ˈbʊmpkɪn/

Definition of bumpkin

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
    “Since the onset of modernity in the nineteenth century, West Bengalis or ghotis from the Calcutta area, who are generally Hindu, have enjoyed a certain cultural ascendancy within Bengal: they consider themselves more modern, more culturally refined, and more progressive than the bangals, who are dismissed as comparatively backward country bumpkins.”
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noun

  1. A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
    “Since the onset of modernity in the nineteenth century, West Bengalis or ghotis from the Calcutta area, who are generally Hindu, have enjoyed a certain cultural ascendancy within Bengal: they consider themselves more modern, more culturally refined, and more progressive than the bangals, who are dismissed as comparatively backward country bumpkins.”
  2. A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
  3. Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
    “They mix with Dancers, who now advance to the front, where a bumpkin, or dance of many interwoven reels, is performed; after which the Bride is led to a seat, and some of her Maidens sit by her.”

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Etymology

From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), equivalent to boom + -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.

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