Dictionary

yokelish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈjəʊkəlɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

From yokel + -ish.

Meanings

1. Like a rustic or bumpkin; simple and ignorant.
   • The exclusion of anoblis and the presence of large numbers of country gentry (around a quarter of the delegation as a whole) gave the meetings a very provincial and at time yokelish ethos. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 409:

Forms

Deriveds

yokelishness