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uncouthness

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un·couth  (n-kth)
adj.
1. Crude; unrefined.
2. Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
3. Archaic Foreign; unfamiliar.
[Middle English, unknown, strange, from Old English uncth : un-, not; see un-1 + cth, known; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]
un·couthly adv.
un·couthness n.
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Noun1.uncouthnessuncouthness - inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
boorishness
inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste


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She saw but what she chose to see, and she chose always to see the best, avoiding coarseness and uncouthness without effort, as a matter of instinct.
The Game by London, Jack View in context
And besides all this, there was a certain lofty bearing about the Pagan, which even his uncouthness could not altogether maim.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
; the coal passers moved to their duties in the profound depths of the ship, explaining the blackness of their faces and their uncouthness of dress, with the reminder that they were "a handful of private citizens, traveling simply for recreation," etc.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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