Uncouth

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ÊŒnˈkuːθ/Rhymes: -uːθ

Origin

Old English uncūþ; - + couth.

Full definition of uncouth

Adjective

1. (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
• 1819: Washington Irving, The Sketch Book (The Voyage)There was a delicious sensation of mingled security and awe with which I looked down, from my giddy height, on the monsters of the deep at their uncouth gambols.
2. Clumsy, awkward.
3. Unrefined, crude.

Derived terms

• uncouthness