bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated
(adjective) awkwardly simple and provincial; “bumpkinly country boys”; “rustic farmers”; “a hick town”; “the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists”
yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon
(noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Hick
(rare today) A diminutive of the male given name Richard
A patronymic surname.
hick (plural hicks)
(pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]
• boer, boor
• country bumpkin
• churl
• hillbilly
• lob
• redneck
• rustic
• yokel
hick (third-person singular simple present hicks, present participle hicking, simple past and past participle hicked)
to hiccup
Source: Wiktionary
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
