lumpkin

noun

lump·​kin

ˈləm(p)kə̇n

plural -s

: a clumsy often stupid person : a blundering fool

Word History

Etymology

after Tony Lumpkin, ignorant young man in the comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773) by Oliver Goldsmith †1774 British author

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