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- [boo r]
- /bʊər/
- /bʊər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [boo r]
- /bʊər/
Definitions of boor word
- countable noun boor If you refer to someone as a boor, you think their behaviour and attitudes are rough, uneducated, and rude. 3
- noun boor an ill-mannered, clumsy, or insensitive person 3
- noun boor a peasant or farm worker 3
- noun boor a rude, awkward, or ill-mannered person 3
- noun boor a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person. 1
- noun boor a country bumpkin; rustic; yokel. 1
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Origin of boor
First appearance:
before 1545 One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; < Dutch boer or Low German būr (cognate with German Bauer farmer), derivative of Germanic *bū- to dwell, build, cultivate; see -er1; cf. bond2
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Parts of speech for Boor
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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boor popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for boor
noun boor
- rube — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- oaf — a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- philistine — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- goon — Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- lout — an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
Antonyms for boor
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