bumpkin
noun/ˈbʌmpkɪn/
/ˈbʌmpkɪn/
(also country bumpkin)
(disapproving)- a person from the countryside who seems stupidWord Originlate 16th cent.: perhaps from Dutch boomken ‘little tree’ or Middle Dutch bommekijn ‘little barrel’, used to denote a dumpy person.
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