uncouthness

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English

Etymology

From uncouth +‎ -ness.

Noun

uncouthness (countable and uncountable, plural uncouthnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being uncouth.
    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 54, in The History of Pendennis. , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
      In Warrington’s very uncouthness there was a refinement, which the other’s finery lacked.
    • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 205:
      That noise, that awful clamour of uncouthness inexpressible, is the love-call of the storm bird!

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