couth
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adjective \ˈküth\Definition of COUTH
Examples of COUTH
- <he's remarkably couth for someone who grew up in a small town with limited cultural opportunities>
Origin of COUTH
back-formation from uncouth
First Known Use: 1896
Related to COUTH
- Synonyms
- accomplished, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined
- Antonyms
- barbaric, barbarous, philistine, uncivilized, uncultured, ungenteel, unpolished, unrefined
2couth
nounDefinition of COUTH
: polish, refinement <I expected kindness and gentility … but there is such a thing as too much couth — S. J. Perelman>
Examples of COUTH
- <their future son-in-law's lack of couth was of some concern to this patrician couple>
First Known Use of COUTH
1947
Related to COUTH
- Synonyms
- accomplishment, civilization, culture, cultivation, polish, refinement
- Antonyms
- barbarianism, barbarism, philistinism
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