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Boorishness vs Boor - What's the difference?

boorishness | boor |

Boor is a related term of boorishness.



As nouns the difference between boorishness and boor

is that boorishness is the state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour while boor is a peasant.

boorishness

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.
  • * 1888 , , A Life's Morning , ch. 8:
    • No refinement in him would now have surprised her; but neither would any outbreak of boorishness .
  • * 1913 , , The Return of Tarzan , ch. 21:
    • From the first the Russian had exhibited every trait of his true character—selfishness, boorishness , arrogance, cowardice, and lust.
  • * 2009 , " Nevermore With Jeffrey Combs As Edger Allan Poe Taps Every Emotion," Beverly Hills Courier , 31 July (retrieved 17 Aug. 2009):
    • Unfortunately, there were moments of pure indulgence, drunken boorishness and rambling unintelligible poetry midway through the evening.

    boor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A peasant.
  • A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent
  • A yokel, country bumpkin,
  • An uncultured person

    • Related terms

    * boorish * boorishly * boorishness

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