bumpkin
English
/ˈbʌmpkɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
- (nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish boomken (little tree, shrub) suffix from English boom (a log, explosion sound, piece of wood).
Origin
English
boom
Gloss
a log, explosion sound, piece of wood
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiboom English
- boom English
- boomable English
- boomage English
- boomer English
- boometh English
- boomhouse English
- boomity English
- boomless English
- boomlet English
- boomlike English
- boomster English
- boomstick English
- boomtime English
- boomtown English
- boomy English
- bumpkinish English
- bumpkinism English
- bumpkinly English
- kaboom English
- kerboom English
- miniboom English
- nonboom English
- postboom English
- preboom English
- buumi Finnish
- boomen German
- bummen German
- boom Italian
- boom Dutch, Flemish
- boomken Dutch, Flemish
- boom French
- бум Russian
- boom Spanish, Castilian
- boom Portuguese
- ブーム Japanese
- boom Polish
- bum Albanian
- buum Estonian
- buum̧ Marshallese