Un*couth" (?), a. [OE. uncouth, AS.
unc?? unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) +
c?? known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See Can to be
able, and cf. Unco, Unked.] 1.
Unknown. [Obs.] "This uncouth errand."
Milton.
To leave the good that I had in hand,
In hope of better that was uncouth.
Spenser.
2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant.
[Obs.]
Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish.
Chaucer.
3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious;
dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.
"Uncouth in guise and gesture." I. Taylor.
I am surprised with an uncouth fear.
Shak.
Thus sang the uncouth swain.
Milton.
Syn. -- See Awkward.
-- Un*couth"ly, adv. --
Un*couth"ness, n.