Meanings
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adj
rough, rude, and insensitive in behavior or manners
His boorish jokes embarrassed everyone at the formal dinner.
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Etymology
From boor + -ish. Boor was borrowed from Dutch boer ("farmer"), cognate with Boer. Its English sense shifted from a rustic person to one judged coarse or ill-mannered, and boorish describes the associated conduct.