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Un*couth" (ŭn*k&oō_;th"), a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc&ū;ð unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + c&ū;ð known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked.] 1. Unknown. [Obs.] “This uncouth errand.” Milton.
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To leave the good that I had in hand,
In hope of better that was uncouth. Spenser.
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2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]
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Harness . . . so uncouth and so rich. Chaucer.
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3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. “Uncouth in guise and gesture.” I. Taylor.
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I am surprised with an uncouth fear. Shak.
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Thus sang the uncouth swain. Milton.
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Syn. -- See Awkward.
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-- Un*couth"ly, adv. -- Un*couth"ness, n.
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