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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)

  1. (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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oaf

English

Alternative forms

  • auf

Etymology

From auf, Old Norse álfr (elf) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of elf.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??f/
  • (US) IPA(key): /o?f/
  • Rhymes: -??f

Noun

oaf (plural oafs or oaves)

  1. (derogatory) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
    Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf!
  2. (obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

Synonyms

  • (clumsy or idiotic person): dummy, galoot, imbecile, lout, moron, fool

Derived terms

  • oafish

Translations

References

Further reading

  • oaf at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • FAO, Foa, OFA, fao, of a

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