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Definition couth

Etymology 1

From Middle English c?uth (“familiar, known; evident, true; famous, respected, well-known; genteel, having good manners”), from Old English c?þ (“familiar, intimate, known, usual; certain, plain, manifest; famous, noted, well-known; excellent; friendly; related”), past participle of cunnan (“to be familiar with, know; can, to be able, know how”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnan? (“to be familiar with, know, recognize; to be able, know how”) (compare *kunþaz (“known”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?neh?- (“to know”). The word is cognate with Dutch kond (“known”), Saterland Frisian cut (“known”), Gothic ????? (kunþs, “known”), Icelandic kuðr, kunnur (“known”), Latin gnosco (“to know”), Old High German kund, chund, chunt, Middle High German kunt (modern German kund (“known”)), Old Saxon k?th, cûth, cuð (“known; famous, renowned”), Scots couth (“familiar, known”); and is a doublet of could.

Adjective

couth (comparative more couth, superlative most couth)

1. (obsolete) Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.
2. (Scotland) Variant of couthie.
   1. Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.
   2. Comfortable; cosy, snug.

Verb

couth

1. (obsolete except in adjective use) past participle of can

Etymology 2

Back-formation from uncouth.

Adjective

couth (comparative more couth, superlative most couth)

1. Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.

Noun

couth (usually uncountable, plural couths)

1. Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.
2. (rare) A person with social graces; a refined or sophisticated person.

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