yokelry
/ˈjoʊkəlɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A class of rural, uneducated, or unsophisticated people; rubes; peasants; the hoi polloi.
Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "When the professors touch the caustic to the American yokelry for its lavish esteem of such mush as "Peg o' My Heart," do the solemn comedians not recall that the British yokelry has esteemed it no less?"
- "A desire to dazzle the yokelry in the $2.75 box seats will account for a good deal of the coloring of Mr. Wylie's writing."
- "A few, perhaps, have a further purpose; they desire to assist in that circus, to show themselves in the capacity of fashionables, to enchant the yokelry with their splendor."
Etymology
From yokel + -ry.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈjoʊkəlɹi/