bumpkin

Meaning

Noun

• A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
• A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
• Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.

Origin

• From Dutch boomken ("shrub, little tree"), equivalent to boom + -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.