Category:Uncouth

Un*couth", a. Etym: [oe. uncouth, as. unc unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + c known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See can to be able, and Cf. Unco, unked.]

1. Unknown. [obs.] "this uncouth errand." Milton. To leave the good that i had in hand, in hope of better that was Uncouth. Spenser.

2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [obs.] Harness. . . so uncouth and so rish. Chaucer.

3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; Awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. "uncouth in guise and Gesture." I. Taylor. I am surprised with an uncouth fear. Shak. Thus sang the uncouth swain. Milton.

Syn. -- see awkward. -- un*couth"ly, adv. -- un*couth"ness, n.