boorishness

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English boorish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English boorishness From boorish + -ness.

1. The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.

   “No refinement in him would now have surprised her; but neither would any outbreak of boorishness.”

   “From the first the Russian had exhibited every trait of his true character—selfishness, boorishness, arrogance, cowardice, and lust.”