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Added 9 October 2026

bumpkin

/ˈbʌmpkɪn/ noun

In Latin: petrō, rūsticus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bumpkin at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.

Origin

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.

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