Couth Definition

ko͝oth
adjective
Refined; polished; civilized.
Webster's New World
Known; familiar.
Webster's New World

Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.

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noun
Refinement; cultivation.
Webster's New World
verb

(obsolete except in adjective use) Past participle of can.

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Origin of Couth

  • From Middle English couth, doublet of could; from Old English cūþ (“known, plain, manifest, certain, well known, usual, noted, excellent, famous, intimate, familiar, friendly, related”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþaz (“known”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵen-, *ǵno- (“to know”). Cognate with Scots couth (“known, familiar”), Eastern Frisian cut (“known”), Dutch kond (“known”), German kund (“known”), Icelandic kuðr, kunnur (“known”), Gothic (kunþs, “known”), Latin gnosco (“to know”).

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  • Back-formation from uncouth

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Back-formation from uncouth.

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