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uncouth

un·couth [ un kth ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. ill-mannered: behaving in an ill-mannered or unrefined way

2. awkward: clumsy and ungraceful

[ Old English uncūþ "unknown" < cūþ "known," past participle of cunnan "know" (see can2)]

un·couth·ly adverb
un·couth·ness noun
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