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yokel
English
Etymology
1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob; alternatively, from dialectal English yokel (“woodpecker”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?j??.k?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?jo?.k?l/
- Rhymes: -??k?l
Noun
yokel (plural yokels)
- (derogatory) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated and/or naive.
- Synonyms: boor, bumpkin, country bumpkin, joskin, hillbilly, hick, peasant, provincial, rube, rustic, yahoo
- 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, London: Richard Bentley, Volume 2, Chapter 30, p. 81,[1]
- “ […] my opinion at once is […] that this [robbery] wasn’t done by a yokel?eh, Duff?”
- “Certainly not,” replied Duff.
- “And, translating the word yokel, for the benefit of the ladies, I apprehend your meaning to be that this attempt was not made by a countryman?” said Mr. Losberne with a smile.
- 1895, Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, New York: Appleton, Chapter 8, p. 88,[2]
- He eyed the story-teller with unspeakable wonder. His mouth was agape in yokel fashion.
- 1985, Peter De Vries, The Prick of Noon, Penguin, Chapter 6, p. 119,[3]
- I went to New York and bought myself a secondhand stretch limousine twenty-eight feet long, calculated to reduce the most blasé country-club sophisticates to bug-eyed yokels.
- 1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, London: Phoenix, 1994, Chapter 8.6, p. 560,[4]
- ‘You may think that because you live in Brahmpur you have seen the world?or more of the world than we poor yokels see. But some of us yokels have also seen the world?and not just the world of Brahmpur, but of Bombay. […] ’
Derived terms
- yokelry
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Kolye, Lokey, koley, kyloe
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clown
English
Alternative forms
- clowne, cloyne (obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier clowne, cloyne (“man of rustic or coarse manners, boor, peasant”), likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Icelandic klunni (“clumsy fellow, klutz”). Compare also North Frisian klönne (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Dutch kluns (“clumsy fellow”). Unlikely from Latin col?nus (“colonist, farmer”), although learned awareness of this term may have influenced semantic development.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kloun, IPA(key): /kla?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
Noun
clown (plural clowns)
- A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
- 2008, Lich King, "Black Metal Sucks", Toxic Zombie Onslaught.
- 2008, Lich King, "Black Metal Sucks", Toxic Zombie Onslaught.
- A person who acts in a silly fashion.
- A stupid person.
- (obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
- 1700, Timothy Nourse, Campania Foelix, pp. 15–16
- […] three things ought always to be kept under: a mastiff dog, a stone horse and a clown; and really I think a snarling, cross-grained clown to be the most unlucky beast of three.
- 1700, Timothy Nourse, Campania Foelix, pp. 15–16
- (obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel.
- The clown, the child of nature, without guile.
- August 25, 1759, Samuel Johnson, The Idler No. 71
- He […] began to descend to familiar questions, endeavouring to accommodate his discourse to the grossness of rustic understandings. The clowns soon found that he did not know wheat from rye, and began to despise him; one of the boys, by pretending to show him a bird's nest, decoyed him into a ditch; […]
Synonyms
- (person who acts in a silly fashion): buffoon, fool
Derived terms
- clown beetle
- class clown
- clown doctor
- clownfish
- clownish
Translations
Verb
clown (third-person singular simple present clowns, present participle clowning, simple past and past participle clowned)
- (intransitive) To act in a silly or playful fashion.
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular) To ridicule.
- 2002, Vibe (volume 10, number 11, page 62)
- The show Dismissed was one of my favorites, because I like to see people get clowned.
- 2017, Darrell Smith, Miracle Baby
- All my comrades were laughing and clowning me, but shit, that didn't stop me from talking more shit.
- 2002, Vibe (volume 10, number 11, page 62)
Derived terms
- clown about (British)
- clown around
See also
- coulrophobia
- jester
- jackpudding
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English clown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?u?n/
- Hyphenation: clown
- Rhymes: -?u?n
Noun
clown m (plural clowns, diminutive clowntje n)
- clown (entertainer)
Derived terms
- circusclown
- clownsneus
- clownvis
See also
- august
- harlekijn
- paljas
- pierrot
- nar
- witte clown
- zot
French
Etymology
From English clown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klun/
- Homophone: clowns
Noun
clown m (plural clowns)
- clown (performer)
- clown (person who acts in a comic way)
Synonyms
- (performer): (Louisiana) macaque
Further reading
- “clown” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
clown m (invariable)
- clown (artist)
- Synonym: pagliaccio
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klawn/
Noun
clown m pers
- (comedy) Alternative spelling of klaun.
Declension
Derived terms
- (noun) clownada
- (adjective) clownowski
Further reading
- clown in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- clown in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Alternative forms
- clon
Etymology
From English clown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klon/, [?klõn]
Noun
clown m (plural clownes)
- clown (circus performance artist)
- Synonym: payaso
Swedish
Etymology
From English clown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kla?n/
Noun
clown c
- clown
Declension
Synonyms
- pajas
Derived terms
- clownaktig
- clownfisk
References
- clown in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?u?n/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English clown.
Noun
clown m (plural clowniaid)
- clown
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- closwn (colloquial, first-person singular conditional)
Verb
clown
- first-person plural present/future of cloi
- first-person singular imperfect/conditional of cloi
- (literary) first-person plural imperative of cloi
Mutation
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