couth
(adjective) (used facetiously) refined and well-mannered
couth
(noun) (used facetiously) refinement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
couth (comparative more couth, superlative most couth)
(obsolete) Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.
Antonym: uncouth (obsolete)
(Scotland) Variant of couthie.
Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.
Comfortable; cosy, snug.
couth
(obsolete except in adjective use) past participle of can
couth (comparative more couth, superlative most couth)
Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.
Antonym: uncouth
couth (usually uncountable, plural couths)
Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.
(rare) A person with social graces; a refined or sophisticated person.
• chout, touch
Source: Wiktionary
Couth (kth), imp. & p. p. of Can. Etym: [See Can, and cf. Uncouth.]
Definition: Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [Obs.] Above all other one Daniel He loveth, for he couth well Divine, that none other couth; To him were all thing couth, As he had it of God's grace. Gower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
