LekhoriLekhoriA person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
They love the scenery near their summer home, but have no desire to mix with the local yokels.
1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf. Yankee (“little John”) and jacquerie (“peasant uprising”). Alternatively, from dialectal English yokel, yuckle (“European green woo...
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