un|couth´ness

un|couth´ness
un|couth «uhn KOOTH», adjective.
1. awkward; clumsy; crude; not refined: »

an uncouth person, uncouth manners.

2. unusual and unpleasant; strange: »

the eerie and uncouth noises of the jungle.

[Old English uncūth < un- un-1 + cūth known < cunnan to know]
un|couth´ly, adverb.
un|couth´ness, noun.

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