yokelish

Etymology

From yokel + -ish.

adj

  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

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