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unˈcouthness
[f. as prec.]
The quality or condition of being uncouth, in various senses.
1435Misyn Fire of Love 2 For vncuthnes of slike helefull habundance oft-tymes haue I gropyd my breste. 1442Rec. Coldingham Priory (Surtees) I. 138 The unkouthness at is lyke to ryss be[tween] Sr Alexr Howme & Sr David Howme. 1600Gowrie's Conspir. in Select. fr. Harl. Misc. (1793) 192 His hienes beeing stricken in great admiration..of the vncouthnes of the tale. 1628World Encomp. by Sir F. Drake 13 Notwithstanding the vncouthnes of the way. 1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 267 My Prince, by the uncouthness of the ground, advanced slowly with his Battalion. 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 220 A peculiar uncouthness and obscurity of stile. 1712Steele Spect. No. 514 ⁋4 Some in the Habit of Laplanders,..notwithstanding the Uncouthness of their Dress, had lately obtained a Place upon the Mountain. 1778[W. H. Marshall] Minutes Agric., Digest 47 The uncouthness of the Yoke and Goad. 1815Jane Austen Emma iv, The uncouthness of a voice, which I heard to be wholly unmodulated. 1871Freeman Norm. Conq. IV. xviii. 154 The building whose combined uncouthness of outline and perfection of detail makes it unique among English churches. |