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in⋅cult

  [in-kuhlt]
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–adjective
wild; rude; unrefined.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L incultus, equiv. to in- in- 3 + cultus ptp. of colere to till, cultivate
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in·cult   (ĭn-kŭlt')   
adj.  Not cultured; coarse.

[Latin incultus : in-, not; see in-1 + cultus, past participle of colere, to till, cultivate; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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