† forcouthadj.

Forms: Old English forcúþ, Middle English forcud.

Etymology: Old English forcúþ , an accentual variant of fracoð, fracod, corresponding to Gothic frakunþs despised; see for- prefix¹ and couth n.²Kluge suggests that the form with stressless prefix may have arisen from the compound ˈunforcúþ.

Obsolete.

Perverse, infamous, worthless, vile.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective]

forcouthc888

goodlesseOE

undoughtya1225

voidc1380

bare1399

stark naught1528

worthilessa1542

queer1567

worthless1573

hilding1577

baggage1580

arrant1581

offal1588

lorel1590

losel1601

ragamuffin1602

loselled1606

loselly1611

valuelessa1616

ragamuffa1626

good-for-nothing1706

ne'er-do-well1773

rotten1813

neat1824

scamping1832

good-for-naught1835

no good1838

scampish1847

ne'er-do-wellish1890

no good1904

upter1919

never-do-well1933

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worthless

forcouthc888

worthless1576

hilding1577

baggage1580

lorel1590

losel1601

ragamuffin1602

loselled1606

loselly1611

offala1626

ragamuffa1626

vagabond1630

good-for-nought1663

good-for-nothing1706

ne'er-do-well1773

ragabash1818

neat1824

scamping1832

scampish1847

wutless1853

trashy1862

ne'er-do-wellish1890

suck-egg1892

never-do-well1933

punk-ass1971

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxvii. §3 Hi habbaþ þæs mennisces þone forcuþestan [v.r. forcuþeran] [dæl] gehealden.

c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 268 Swa he oftor on ðære fandunge abryð, swa he forcuðra bið.

a1175 Cott. Hom. 219 Þa warð he and halle his iferen forcuðran þanne ænig oðer ȝesceafte.

c1230 Hali Meid. 33 Þea þat fondeð ham meast; ifindeð ham forcudest.

c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 14095 Som forcouþ [c1275 Calig. for-cuð] cniht.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	forcouth
释义	† forcouthadj. Forms: Old English forcúþ, Middle English forcud. Etymology: Old English forcúþ , an accentual variant of fracoð, fracod, corresponding to Gothic frakunþs despised; see for- prefix¹ and couth n.²Kluge suggests that the form with stressless prefix may have arisen from the compound ˈunforcúþ. Obsolete. Perverse, infamous, worthless, vile. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective] forcouthc888 goodlesseOE undoughtya1225 voidc1380 bare1399 stark naught1528 worthilessa1542 queer1567 worthless1573 hilding1577 baggage1580 arrant1581 offal1588 lorel1590 losel1601 ragamuffin1602 loselled1606 loselly1611 valuelessa1616 ragamuffa1626 good-for-nothing1706 ne'er-do-well1773 rotten1813 neat1824 scamping1832 good-for-naught1835 no good1838 scampish1847 ne'er-do-wellish1890 no good1904 upter1919 never-do-well1933 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worthless forcouthc888 worthless1576 hilding1577 baggage1580 lorel1590 losel1601 ragamuffin1602 loselled1606 loselly1611 offala1626 ragamuffa1626 vagabond1630 good-for-nought1663 good-for-nothing1706 ne'er-do-well1773 ragabash1818 neat1824 scamping1832 scampish1847 wutless1853 trashy1862 ne'er-do-wellish1890 suck-egg1892 never-do-well1933 punk-ass1971 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxvii. §3 Hi habbaþ þæs mennisces þone forcuþestan [v.r. forcuþeran] [dæl] gehealden. c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 268 Swa he oftor on ðære fandunge abryð, swa he forcuðra bið. a1175 Cott. Hom. 219 Þa warð he and halle his iferen forcuðran þanne ænig oðer ȝesceafte. c1230 Hali Meid. 33 Þea þat fondeð ham meast; ifindeð ham forcudest. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 14095 Som forcouþ [c1275 Calig. for-cuð] cniht. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c888
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