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couth C0701000 (ko͞oth)adj. Refined; sophisticated: "We forgot ... all the promises we'd made to be civilized and ladylike, couth and kempt" (Karen Russell).n. Refinement; sophistication: "The man has no couth" (Los Angeles Times).
[Back-formation from uncouth.]couth (kuːθ) adj1. facetious refined2. archaic familiar; known[Old English cūth known, past participle of cunnan to know; sense 1, back formation from uncouth]couth (kuθ)
Facetious. adj. 1. showing or having good manners or sophistication; smooth. n. 2. good manners; refinement: to be lacking in couth. [1895–1900; back formation from uncouth] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | couth - (used facetiously) refinedrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" |
TranslationsCOUTH
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| COUTH➣Council Of University Teaching Hospitals |
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