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▪ I. yokel|ˈjəʊk(ə)l|
Also youkell.
[Of uncertain origin. Perh. a fig. application of dial. yokel (1) green woodpecker, (2) yellow-hammer.]
A contemptuous term for a (stupid or ignorant) countryman or rustic; a country bumpkin. Also quasi-adv., as yokel-stubborn.
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Youkell, a countryman or clown. 1820Sporting Mag. (N.S.) VI. 193 It was thought Redgreaves was a Yokel; but upon further scrutiny, it turned out that he was a Clerkenweller. 1823‘Jon Bee’ (title) A Dictionary of the Turf,..useful..for Novices, Flats, and Yokels. 1828P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 222 A raw yokel [note, Countryman] was once complained of to me by a messmate of his, for robbing him of a dollar. 1861Thackeray Four Georges iv, Black legs..inveigle silly yokels with greasy packs of cards in railroad cars. 1883D. C. Murray Hearts xxv, The yokel, being a yokel, was not good at the reading of facial expression. 1935L. MacNeice Poems 15 The moon's glare, Goggling yokel-stubborn.
attrib.1829P. Egan Boxiana 2nd Ser. ii. 665 If he stood still, in his yokel attitude, he was laughed at by the spectators. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxxvi, None of your steady-going, yokel coaches, but a swaggering, rakish,..London coach. 1891C. T. C. James Rom. Rigmarole ix, Maidservants..looked eagerly for their yokel sweethearts.
Hence ˈyokeldom, yokels collectively; ˈyokelish a., characteristic of a yokel.
1886Manch. Exam. 16 Feb. 5/3 The chosen home of rural stupidity and yokeldom. 1886Jrnl. Anthrop. Inst. Nov. 236 A very good rural population, with somewhat yokelish notions.
▪ II. yokel
obs. var. of ickle n., icicle. |