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unco - 5 dictionary results

un⋅co

[uhng-koh] adjective, adverb, noun, plural -cos. Scot. and North England
–adjective
1. remarkable; extraordinary.
2. unusual; strange.
3. uncanny.
–adverb
4. remarkably; extremely.
–noun
5. something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
6. uncos, news.
7. Obsolete. a stranger.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; var. of uncouth
un·co   (ŭng'kō)   
adj.  So unusual as to be surprising; uncanny.
n.   pl. un·cos
  1. An unusual or amazing person.
  2. A stranger.
  3. uncos News.
adv.  To an excessive degree; remarkably.

[Middle English unkow, variant of uncouth, strange; see uncouth.]

Unco

Un"co\, a. [Scot. The same word as E. uncouth.] Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved. [Scot.]

Unco

Un"co\, adv. In a high degree; to a great extent; greatly; very. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Unco

Un"co\, n. A strange thing or person. [Scot.]
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