yokelish

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yokelish

/ˈjəʊkəlɪʃ/ UK

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From yokel + -ish.

adjective more yokelish · most yokelish

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.

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@misc{yokelish_2026,
  title = {yokelish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yokelish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}