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   uncouth

   /ʌnˈkuːθ/

   adjective

   • 1. lacking good manners, refinement, or grace: "he is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time"
   • ▪ (of art or language) lacking sophistication or delicacy: "uncouth sketches of peasants"
   • 2. (of a place) wild, remote, or spartan: archaic "his uncouth cell in Fleet prison"

   Word Origin Old Englishuncūth ‘unknown’, from un-1 ‘not’ + cūth (past participle of cunnan ‘know, be able’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. uncouthly adverb
   • 2. uncouthness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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