uncouthness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English uncouth Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English uncouthness From uncouth + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The characteristic of being uncouth.
In Warrington’s very uncouthness there was a refinement, which the other’s finery lacked.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 54, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:That noise, that awful clamour of uncouthness inexpressible, is the love-call of the storm bird!
1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 205:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| uncouthnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
gd gràisgealachd (being uncouth) · ota بیاغیلق (being uncouth) · hi अशिष्टता (being uncouth) · ga amhlántacht (being uncouth)