Definitions for uncouthness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•couthʌnˈkuθ(adj.)

  1. lacking manners or grace; clumsy; oafish.

  2. rude, uncivil, or boorish:

    uncouth language.

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  3. strange and ungraceful in appearance or form.

Origin of uncouth:

bef. 900; ME: unfamiliar, unknown; OE uncūth=un-un-1+cūth known, c. OHG chund, ON kunnr; orig. ptp. of can1

un•couth′ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. boorishness, uncouthness(noun)

    inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor

Wiktionary

  1. uncouthness(Noun)

    The characteristic of being uncouth.


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