Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Uncouth

Uncouth (un*koth") , adjective

[Old English uncouth, Anglo-Saxon uncūe unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + cūe known, past participle of cunnan to know. See Can to be able, and compare Unco, Unked.]

1.
Unknown. [Obsolete]
This uncouth errand. — Milton
To leave the good that I had in hand, In hope of better that was uncouth. — Spenser
2.
Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obsolete]
Harness... so uncouth and so rich. — Chaucer
3.
Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.
Uncouth in guise and gesture. — I. Taylor
I am surprised with an uncouth fear. — Shakespeare
Thus sang the uncouth swain. — Milton