yokel
A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naiveA person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
» Only yokels spit on the ground.
Только бескультурные плюют на землю.
Только деревенщина плюёт на землю.
Тільки рагулі плюють на землю.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, slang)A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
They love the scenery near their summer home, but have no desire to mix with the local yokels.
Bauerntölpel, Hinterwäldler, Tölpel
дереве́нщинаderevénščina
- a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Examples
2 sentencesOnly yokels spit on the ground.
Тільки рагулі плюють на землю.
ruТолько бескультурные плюют на землю.
Tom is a yokel.
Translations
8 languagesOrigin
First use appears c. 1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf.First use appears c. 1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf. Yankee (“little John”) and jacquerie (“a peasant uprising”). Alternatively, from dialectal English yokel, yuckle (“a European green woodpecker”), itself probably a variant of hickwall.
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