First Known Use: 1896
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1couth
adjective \ˈküth\
Definition of COUTH
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Origin of COUTH
back-formation from uncouth
Related to COUTH
- Synonyms
- accomplished, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined
- Antonyms
- barbaric, barbarous, philistine, uncivilized, uncultured, ungenteel, unpolished, unrefined
2couth
noun
Definition of COUTH
: polish, refinement <I expected kindness and gentility … but there is such a thing as too much couth — S. J. Perelman>
First Known Use of COUTH
1947
Related to COUTH
- Synonyms
- accomplishment, civilization, culture, cultivation, polish, refinement
- Antonyms
- barbarianism, barbarism, philistinism
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