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incult

American  
[in-kuhlt] / ɪnˈkʌlt /

adjective

  1. wild; rude; unrefined.

incult British  
/ ɪnˈkʌlt /

adjective

  1. (of land) uncultivated; untilled; naturally wild

  2. lacking refinement and culture

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Etymology

Origin of incult

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin incultus, equivalent to in- “un-” + cultus, past participle of colere “to till, cultivate”; in- 3, cultivate

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Massinissa made many inward parts of Barbary and Numidia in Africa, before his time incult and horrid, fruitful and bartable by this means.

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert

Rude phrase of the country, summing up in two words all the heartbreaking labour that transforms the incult woods, barren of sustenance, to smiling fields, ploughed and sown.

From Maria Chapdelaine by Blake, W. H.

Here is raw life, lusty, full of rude beauty, but utterly incult.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various

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