INCULT

Etymology

Adjective

incult (comparative more incult, superlative most incult)

(obsolete) Uncultivated, wild.

(now rare) Rough, unrefined.

where good government is, […] there all things thrive and prosper […] : where it is otherwise, all things are ugly to behold, incult, barbarous, uncivil, a paradise is turned to a wilderness.

Source: Wiktionary


In*cult", a. Etym: [L. incultus; pref. in- not + cultus, p. p. of colere to cultivate: cf. F. inculte.]

Definition: Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized. Germany then, says Tacitus, was incult and horrid, now full of magnificent cities. Burton. His style is diffuse and incult. M. W. Shelley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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