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yokelish

UK/ˈjəʊkəlɪʃ/

yokelish adjective: like a rustic or bumpkin; simple and ignorant.

Adjective

yokelish (comparative more yokelish, superlative most yokelish)

  1. Like a rustic or bumpkin; simple and ignorant.
    • The exclusion of anoblis and the presence of large numbers of country gentry (around a quarter of the delegation as a whole) gave the meetings a very provincial and at time yokelish ethos.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 409

Forms of yokelish

comparativemore yokelish
superlativemost yokelish

Origin of yokelish

From yokel + -ish.

Words formed from yokelish

Questions about yokelish

What does yokelish mean?
Yokelish means like a rustic or bumpkin; simple and ignorant.
What part of speech is yokelish?
Yokelish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce yokelish?
Yokelish is pronounced /ˈjəʊkəlɪʃ/ (UK).

Words near yokelish in the dictionary

  1. yokeldom
  2. yokeless
  3. yokelessness
  4. yokelet
  5. yokelets
  6. yokelish
  7. yokelishness
  8. yokelism
  9. yokelisms
  10. yokelries
  11. yokelry

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