- boorishness
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boorishness
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boorishness — noun The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour. No refinement in him would now have surprised her; but neither would any outbreak of boorishness … Wiktionary
boorishness — boor ► NOUN ▪ a rough and bad mannered person. DERIVATIVES boorish adjective boorishly adverb boorishness noun. ORIGIN Low German b r or Dutch boer farmer … English terms dictionary
Boorishness — Boorish Boor ish, a. Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. {Boor ish*ly}, adv. {Boor ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boorishness — See boorishly. * * * … Universalium
boorishness — boor·ish·ness || bÊŠÉ™rɪʃnɪs n. roughness, coarseness, piggishness … English contemporary dictionary
boorishness — boor·ish·ness … English syllables
boorishness — See: boorish … English dictionary
boorishness — noun 1. the manner of a rude or insensitive person • Derivationally related forms: ↑boorish • Hypernyms: ↑discourtesy, ↑rudeness 2. inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor • Syn: ↑uncouthness … Useful english dictionary
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vulgarity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bad taste Nouns 1. vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism; offense, bad taste; inelegance, indelicacy; gaucherie, ill breeding, discourtesy, incivility; coarseness, indecorum, boorishness; rowdyism,… … English dictionary for students
