uncouth
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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.
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| —adj | |
| lacking in good manners, refinement, or grace | |
| [Old English uncūth, from | |
| un'couthly | |
| —adv | |
| un'couthness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
He showed up rough, uncouth and unattractive, but he did start his law practice.
Even his hand, large and uncouth as they were, could not contain his whisk ers.
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