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un⋅co

  [uhng-koh] adjective, adverb, noun, plural -cos. Scot. and North England
Use unco in a Sentence
–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
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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.]
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