noun / adjective
hick
HIK/hˈɪk/
An unsophisticated rural person, or qualities associated with one, described insultingly.
The character resents being dismissed as a hick.
Etymology
Hikke was a nickname for Richard that became a stock name for people such as hostelers and hackneymen. It later became a disparaging label for an awkward provincial person.
In context
A hick s a hick. He leaned back.
More examples
- She objected to the hick stereotype.
- The narrator called the visitors hicks.
- His remark used hick as an insult.
Forms
hick · hicks
Similar words
- rube
- Another insulting label for a supposedly unsophisticated person.
- country dweller
- Neutral wording without the insult.