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un·couth    Audio Help   [uhn-kooth] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
2.strange and ungraceful in appearance or form.
3.unusual or strange.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE uncūth (see un-1, couth2); c. D onkond]

—Related forms
un·couth·ly, adverb
un·couth·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. discourteous, rude, uncivil. See boorish. 3. odd, unfamiliar.
—Antonyms 1. courteous.
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un·couth    Audio Help   (ŭn-kōōth')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Crude; unrefined.
  2. Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
  3. Archaic Foreign; unfamiliar.


[Middle English, unknown, strange, from Old English uncūth : un-, not; see un-1 + cūth, known; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]

un·couth'ly adv., un·couth'ness n.
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uncouth 
O.E. uncuð "unknown, uncertain, unfamiliar," from un- (1) "not" + cuð "known, well-known," pp. of cunnan "to know" (see can (v.)). Meaning "strange, crude, clumsy" is first recorded 1513. The compound (and the thing it describes) widespread in IE languages, cf. L. ignorantem,, O.N. ukuðr, Goth. unkunþs, Skt. ajnatah, Armenian ancanaut', Gk. agnotos, O.Ir. ingnad "unknown."

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uncouth

adjective
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" [syn: coarse] 

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