uncouthness
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
uncouthness (countable and uncountable, plural uncouthnesses)
- The characteristic of being uncouth.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 54, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- In Warrington’s very uncouthness there was a refinement, which the other’s finery lacked.
- 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 205:
- That noise, that awful clamour of uncouthness inexpressible, is the love-call of the storm bird!
Translations edit
being uncouth
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