Un*couth" (?), a. [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.
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