Synonyms for couth


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kooth
Phonetic Transcription : kuθ

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Définition of couth

Origin :
  • Old English cuðe "known," past participle of cunnan (see can (v.1)), from Proto-Germanic *kunthaz (cf. Old Frisian kuth "known," Old Saxon cuth, Old High German kund, German kund, Gothic kunþs "known").
  • Died out as such 16c. with the emergence of could, but the old word was reborn 1896, with a new sense of "cultured, refined," as a back-formation from uncouth (q.v.). The Old English word forms the first element in the man's proper name Cuthbert, literally "famous-bright."
  • As in sophisticated : adj cosmopolitan, cultured
  • As in polished : adj elegant
Example sentences :
  • Al myten o 25 same inges bettere and more plentiuousely be couth 592 in e moue of e poeple at knowe al is.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae' » by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Al myten o same inges bettere and more plentiuousely be couth in e moue of e poeple at knowe al is.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae' » by Geoffrey Chaucer

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