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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English forcūþ, from Proto-Germanic *frakunþaz, the past participle of *frakunnaną, equivalent to for- + couth. Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (frakunþs, “despised”). Compare also Old English fracoþ (“vile”), which may have also sprung from the same original source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrˈkuːθ/
- Rhymes: -uːθ
- Hyphenation: for‧couth
Adjective
forcouth
- despised, scorned, infamous, vile
- c. 1200, Laȝamon, Brut, line 28240, MS. Cotton Caligula A IX
Nu was sum for-cuð kempe / in Arðures ferde.- Now there was some infamous knight / in Arthur’s army.