First Known Use: 15th century
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1unco
adjective un·co \ˈəŋ-(ˌ)kō, -kə\
Definition of UNCO
2
chiefly Scottish : extraordinary
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Origin of UNCO
Middle English (Scots) unkow, alteration of Middle English uncouth
2unco
adverb
Definition of UNCO
: extremely, remarkably, uncommonly <you keep your room unco hot — R. L. Stevenson>
First Known Use of UNCO
1721
Related to UNCO
- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, very, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
Rhymes with UNCO
3unco
noun
plural uncos
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