Un*couth" (?), a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc&?;&?; unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + c&?;&?; known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked.] 1. Unknown. [Obs.] "This uncouth errand." Milton.

To leave the good that I had in hand,
In hope of better that was uncouth.

2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]

Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish.

3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. "Uncouth in guise and gesture." I. Taylor.

I am surprised with an uncouth fear.

Thus sang the uncouth swain.

Syn. -- See Awkward.

-- Un*couth"ly, adv. -- Un*couth"ness, n.

Un*couth" (?), a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc&?;&?; unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + c&?;&?; known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked.] 1. Unknown. [Obs.] "This uncouth errand." Milton.

To leave the good that I had in hand,
In hope of better that was uncouth.

2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]

Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish.

3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. "Uncouth in guise and gesture." I. Taylor.

I am surprised with an uncouth fear.

Thus sang the uncouth swain.

Syn. -- See Awkward.

-- Un*couth"ly, adv. -- Un*couth"ness, n.

• Unrefined, crude.
  
• Clumsy, awkward
  
• Unfamiliar, strange, foreign