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    couthy
    /ˈkuːθi/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a person) warm and friendly. Scottish

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  2. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › couthyCouthy - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Dictionary. Vocabulary Lists. VocabTrainer™. Word Finder. couthy. Other forms: couthily. Definitions of couthy. adjective. (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial. synonyms: couthie. friendly. characteristic of or befitting a friend. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Couthy."

  3. www.thefreedictionary.com › couthyCouthy - definition of couthy by The Free Dictionary

    Couthy is an adjective that means agreeable and genial, especially in Scotland. It is also spelled as couthie and has synonyms such as friendly and amiable.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCOUTH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    (of a person or their behaviour) polite and with a pleasant appearance. Note: This word is used humorously as the opposite of uncouth. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Polite and respectful. candy coat. candy-coated. chivalric. chivalrously. courtly. deferentially. euphemism for someone/something. euphemistic. hyper-civilized.

  5. premium-oxforddictionaries-com.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk › definition › englishcouthy - definition of couthy in English from the Oxford...

    British & World English. couthy. Definition of couthy in English: couthy. Pronunciation: /ˈkuːθi/ (also couthie) adjective. Scottish English. 1 (of a person) warm and friendly. Example sentences. 1.1 (of a place) cosy and comfortable: a couthy wee tavern. More example sentences. Origin.

  6. en.bab.la › dictionary › englishcouthy - Definition in English - bab.la

    Couthy is an adjective that means warm and friendly or cosy and comfortable, especially in Scottish English. It comes from Old English cūth 'known' and has the variant form couthie.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › couthCouth - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    As a noun, couth means good manners, sophistication or politeness, like having the couth to hold the door — or hold your tongue if the conversation turns to touchy subjects like money, politics, religion, or a person's physical appearance. The opposite of couth is uncouth.

  8. www.wordsense.eu › couthycouthy: meaning, definition - WordSense

    ( Scotland) Friendly, agreeable, pleasant. 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 ( A Scots Quair ), p. 37: she tramped bare-footed the roads to the little school that nestled under the couthy hills. Examples. Automatically generated practical examples in English: