Masculine

plouc

Meaning

  1. (by-personal-gender, derogatory, feminine, informal, masculine) hick, country bumpkin, yokel
  2. (by-personal-gender, derogatory, feminine, figuratively, informal, masculine) rube

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pluk/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Breton plouk, from Breton ploue. First attested in c. 1880s.

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