Būmp'kīn, n.

(būm'kin), n. [Either from bump, a swelling, W. pwmp, a round mass, or the same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave defines thus: “Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde.” Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a block of wood. Cf. W. pwmp o ddyn, a large, heavy man.] An awkward, heavy rustic; a clown, or country lout. “Bashful country bumpkins.” Irving.