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Definition of Boorishness
1. Noun. The manner of a rude or insensitive person.
2. Noun. Inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor.
Definition of Boorishness
1. Noun. The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boorishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boorishness
Literary usage of Boorishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Portugal by Oswald Crawfurd (1875)
"... in connection with British Naval History—Serious Quarrel between Guide and
Innkeeper's Family—boorishness and Virtues of the Galicians—Story of a ..."
2. Religious Training in the School and Home: A Manual for Teachers and Parents by Elias Hershey Sneath, George Hodges, Henry Hallam Tweedy (1917)
"boorishness is often due to an excess of animalism. ... Where boorishness is
wilful it should be dealt with uncompromisingly, as it is immoral in character, ..."
3. The Art of Conversation: With Directions for Self Education by Charles Godfrey Leland (1865)
"... displaying meanwhile in hia conversation little save conceited boorishness,
snubbing his hostess at intervals, insulting his fellow guests in the style ..."
4. The Leech Club: Or, The Mysteries of the Catskills by George Washington Owen (1874)
"To hear these urbane people deprecate boorishness, a stranger who did not scrutinize
their manners too closely, would never have supposed that most of them ..."
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