Word Meanings - BOEOTIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to Boeotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse. -- n.

AWKWARD SQUAD
A squad of inapt recruits assembled for special drill.
CLOWNISH
Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. "Clownish hands." Spenser. "Clownish mimic." Prior. -- Clown"ish*ly, adv. Syn. -- Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill- bred; boorish; rustic;
CLOWNISHNESS
The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior. That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke.
BUCOLIC
Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
BOORISH
Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. -- Boor"ish*ly, adv. -- Boor"ish*ness, n. Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton.
CLUMSY
benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. 2. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made,
BUCOLICAL
Bucolic.
CLODDISH
Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne. -- Clod"dish*ness, n.
AWKWARD
1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy. And dropped an awkward courtesy.
BOEOTIAN
Of or pertaining to Boeotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse. -- n.