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Does anybody on this list have access to the Oxford English
Dictionary? If so, would you please tell us what the OED says
about "couth/uncouth"? Thanks!
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The _Concise_ Oxford says:
"couth: adj. joc. cultered; well-mannered. [back-form. as antonym of UNCOUTH."
My guess is "joc." means it is only a "jocular" use.
"uncouth:....uncouthness n. [OE uncuth unknown (as in UN + cuth past part. of
cunnan know, CAN"
Cheers,
Gwen (ggall -at- ca -dot- oracle -dot- com)
Oracle MultiDimension
"Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and
nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks."
