Uncouth

(kōōth'), a. [A-S. uncūð, from un, not, and cūð, known, equivalent to gecūð, p. p. of cunnan, to know. Cf. UNKED.]

1Sense 1. Unknown. [Obs.] “The hope of better that was uncouth.” Spenser. I go this uncouth errand. Chilton.

2Sense 2. Unfamiliar; unusual; strange; odd; unseemly; awkward; boorish; clumsy. “Uncouth in guise and gesture.” J. Taylor. Thus sang the uncouth swain. Milton.

Synonyms—See AWKWARD.