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couth
1[ kooth ]
/ kuθ /
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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.
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Origin of couth
1First recorded in 1895–1900; back formation from uncouth
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Other definitions for couth (2 of 2)
couth2
[ kooth ]
/ kuθ /
adjective Archaic.
known or acquainted with.
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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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