uncouth

Definitions


[ʌnˈkuːθ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- lacking good manners, refinement, or grace
(e.g: he is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time)

- (of a place) wild, remote, or spartan
(e.g: his uncouth cell in Fleet prison)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English uncūth ‘unknown’, from un- ‘not’ + cūth (past participle of cunnan ‘know, be able’)




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