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bumpkin
English
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?mpk?n/
- Hyphenation: bump?kin
Noun
bumpkin (plural bumpkins)
- A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
- (nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
- Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1.
- 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.
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1.
Derived terms
- country bumpkin
- joskin
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loafer
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l??f?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?lo?f?/
- Rhymes: -??f?(r)
Etymology 1
Perhaps short for landloafer, possibly a partial translation of German Landläufer (compare dialectal German loofen (“to run”), and English landlouper); or connected to Middle English love, loove, loffinge, looffinge (“a remnant, the rest, that which remains or lingers”), from Old English l?f (“remainder, residue, what is left”) (more at lave), which is akin to Scots lave (“the rest, remainder”), Old English l?fan (“to leave behind”) (more at leave).
Noun
loafer (plural loafers)
- An idle person.
- A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.
Synonyms
- (idle person): bum, bumpkin, footler, idler, lout, yob, yobbo
- (footwear): penny loafer
- See also Thesaurus:idler
Translations
Etymology 2
From American Spanish lobo (“wolf”) (/?lo?o/), reinterpreted as or conflated with loafer (“idler”); compare the alternative forms which reflect other re-interpretations and conflations. Doublet of lupus and wolf.
Alternative forms
- lobo, lobo wolf
- lofer (wolf), lover (wolf), loper (wolf)
Noun
loafer (plural loafers)
- (Southwestern US dialects) A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.
Usage notes
- Often used in compound with "wolf": "loafer wolf".
Further reading
- Robert N. Smead, Vocabulario Vaquero/Cowboy Talk: A Dictionary of Spanish Terms from the American West
Anagrams
- Florea, florae, floræ
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