About The Word Uncouth
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Uncouth
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What's The Definition Of Uncouth?
[adj] lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Uncouth: coarse | common | unrefined | vulgar Related Terms | Find terms related to Uncouth: See Also | Uncouth In Webster's Dictionary \Un*couth"\, a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc?? unknown,
strange: un- (see {Un-} not) + c?? known, p. p. of cunnan to
know. See {Can} to be able, and cf. {Unco}, {Unked}.]
1. Unknown. [Obs.] ``This uncouth errand.'' --Milton.
To leave the good that I had in hand, In hope of
better that was uncouth. --Spenser.
2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]
Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish. --Chaucer.
3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also,
odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. ``Uncouth in
guise and gesture.'' --I. Taylor.
I am surprised with an uncouth fear. --Shak.
Thus sang the uncouth swain. --Milton.
Syn: See {Awkward}. -- {Un*couth"ly}, adv. --
{Un*couth"ness}, n.
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