bosthoon

noun

bos·​thoon

bäsˈthün

plural -s

Irish

: boor, dolt

Word History

Etymology

Irish Gaelic bastūn, literally, switch of green rushes, from Anglo-French bastun stick, staff, from Late Latin bastum

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