Yokel Definition
(pejorative) An unsophisticated person.
Other Word Forms of Yokel
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Origin of Yokel
Perhaps from German dialectal Jokel, Jockel bumpkin (from diminutive of the name Jakob) (German equivalent of English James) (Jacob) or from English dialectal yuckle European green woodpecker (Picus viridis) probably a variant of English hickwall (from Middle English hyghwhele) (probably from an imitation of its high-pitched call)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Perhaps from German dialectal Jokel, Jockel bumpkin (from diminutive of the name Jakob) (German equivalent of English James) (Jacob) or from English dialectal yuckle European green woodpecker (Picus viridis) probably a variant of English hickwall (from Middle English hyghwhele) (probably from an imitation of its high-pitched call)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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1812, possibly dialectical German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob; alternatively, from dialectal English yokel (“woodpecker").
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