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Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.

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  1. a. Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.
  2. adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
  3. Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. -- Boor"ish*ly, adv. -- Boor"ish*ness, n. Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton.
  4. Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.-- Boor"ish*ly, adv.-- Boor"ish*ness, n.Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton.
  5. j:100 s. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance