UNCOUTH


Meaning of UNCOUTH in English

adj.1 (of a person, manners, appearance, etc.) lacking in ease and polish; uncultured, rough (uncouth voices; behaviour was uncouth).

2 archaic not known; desolate; wild; uncivilized (an uncouth place).

Derivatives:

uncouthly adv. uncouthness n.

Etymology: OE uncuth unknown (as UN-(1) + cuth past part. of cunnan know, CAN(1))

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.