uncouth

The definition of uncouth is awkward, clumsy or uncultured.

(adjective)

An example of uncouth is a person who says embarrassing things about others at gatherings.

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See uncouth in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. Archaic not known or familiar; strange
  2. awkward; clumsy; ungainly
  3. uncultured; crude; boorish

Origin: ME < OE uncuth, unknown < un-, not + cuth, pp. of cunnan, to know: see can

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See uncouth in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Crude; unrefined.
  2. Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
  3. Archaic Foreign; unfamiliar.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, unknown, strange

Origin: , from Old English uncūth

Origin: : un-, not; see un-1

Origin: + cūth, known; see gnō- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • un·couthˈly adverb
  • un·couthˈness noun

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