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Webster 1913 Edition

Boorish

Boor′ish

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Adj.

Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.

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Boor′ish-ly

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adv.

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Boor′ish-ness

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Noun.

Which is in truth a gross and

boorish

opinion.

Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Boorish

BOOR'ISH

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Adj.

Clownish; rustic; awkward in manners, and illiterate.

Definition 2024

boorish

boorish

English

Adjective

boorish ‎(comparative more boorish, superlative most boorish)

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners; rude; uncultured.

Related terms

Translations

behaving as a boor

Czech: buranský
Finnish: moukkamainen (fi)
French: grossier (fr)
German: ungehobelt (de), rüpelhaft (de)
Greek: αγροίκος (el) ‎(agroíkos)
Hungarian: durva (hu), faragatlan (hu), otromba (hu)

Italian: zotico (it)
Maori: tūhourangi
Norwegian: ubehøvlet, tverr, trumpete
Polish: prostacki (pl) m, chamski (pl), gburowaty (pl) m
Portuguese: caipira (pt) (Brazil)
Russian: гру́бый (ru) ‎(grúbyj), ха́мский (ru) ‎(xámskij)
Spanish: zafio (es)