honyock

English - English

Definition of honyock in English English dictionary

A rube or simpleton

An immigrant to the United States from east-central Europe

A hardscrabble farm (this usage known in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alberta and Saskatchewan)

An immigrant from east-central Europe; a hunk or hunyack

Related Terms

A honyock

hunk

Etymology

() The word first appeared in print in the late 19th century, often applied to people who were unwelcome among their family, friends and/or community. A common theory of the origin of this word is the merger of the first syllable of the word Hungarian and the last syllable of the ethnic slur Polack. However, a more likely origin is the Hungarian adjective hanyag, which has a variety of negative meanings including careless, sloppy, slothful, and slow.