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unco definition

unco (uŋ′kō)

adjective

  1. unknown; strange
  2. weird; uncanny
  3. notable; remarkable

Etymology: ME unkow, contr. < uncouth, uncouth

adverb

remarkably; extremely; very

noun pl. uncos -·cos

  1. a strange person or thing
  2. news

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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