Bumpkin (Noun)
Meaning
A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The tourist got lost in the city because he was a bit of a bumpkin and didn't bother to bring a map.
- His colleagues found it amusing that he thought Picasso was a type of pizza, such a bumpkin.
- The artist looked down on the country boy, viewing him as a bumpkin with no taste in fine art.
- The comedian made fun of the audience member, calling him a bumpkin for not knowing who Shakespeare was.
- She couldn't believe she had married such a bumpkin, someone who thought Beethoven was a type of beer.