ˈləm(p)kə̇n noun
( -s )
Etymology: after Tony Lumpkin, ignorant young man in the comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773) by Oliver Goldsmith died 1774 British author
: a clumsy often stupid person : a blundering fool
ˈləm(p)kə̇n noun
( -s )
Etymology: after Tony Lumpkin, ignorant young man in the comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773) by Oliver Goldsmith died 1774 British author
: a clumsy often stupid person : a blundering fool
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012