BUMPKIN Definition & Meaning

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bumpkin

[ buhmp-kin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal.

an awkward, simple, unsophisticated person from a rural area; yokel.
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bumpkin

[ buhmp-kin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Nautical.

a beam or spar projecting outward from the hull of a vessel, for extending a sail, securing blocks, etc.

bumpkin

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noun

an awkward simple rustic person (esp in the phrase country bumpkin )

bumpkin

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noun

variant spellings of boomkin

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bumpkin¹

1560–70; < Middle Dutch bommekijn “little barrel,” equivalent to boom beam + -kijn -kin

Origin of bumpkin²

First recorded in 1625–35; from Middle Dutch boomken, equivalent to boom “tree, pole, beam” + -ken, diminutive suffix; boom ², beam, -kin

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bumpkin¹

C16 (perhaps originally applied to Dutchmen): perhaps from Dutch boomken small tree, or from Middle Dutch boomekijn small barrel, alluding to a short or squat person

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Adebimpe exclaimed between bites of mushroom tagliatelle, adopting a bumpkin commentator’s voice.

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“Shanghai was the place to be. It had the best restaurants, the best nightclubs, the coolest people. I felt like such a country bumpkin, but I learned fast.”

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According to Taylor in his autobiography, “Private Domain,” Mr. Wagoner took on the persona “of being a bumpkin in the Big City for all it’s worth.”

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“People may call me an ignorant bumpkin,” he once said.

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So a school that I had never visited, Harvard, took an enormous risk and accepted me, and I became a token country bumpkin to round out a class of polished overachievers.

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