couth
1[ kooth ]
/ kuθ /
adjective
showing or having good manners or sophistication; smooth: Sending her flowers would be a very couth thing to do.
noun
good manners; refinement: to be lacking in couth.
Words nearby couth
Origin of couth
1First recorded in 1895–1900; back formation from uncouth
Definition for couth (2 of 2)
couth2
[ kooth ]
/ kuθ /
adjective Archaic.
known or acquainted with.
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Examples from the Web for couth
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Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae'|Geoffrey ChaucerAl myten o same inges bettere and more plentiuousely be couth in e moue of e poeple at knowe al is.
Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae'|Geoffrey Chaucer
British Dictionary definitions for couth
couth
/ (kuːθ) /
adjective
facetious refined
archaic familiar; known
Word Origin for couth
Old English cūth known, past participle of cunnan to know; sense 1, back formation from uncouth
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