Couthless

/ˈkaʊθləs/ adjective

Definition

Without couth; lacking sophistication, refinement, or good manners; uncouth.

Etymology

Formed from 'couth' with the suffix '-less' (meaning without), creating a word that circles back to meaning roughly the same as 'uncouth'—the word it came from.

Kelly Says

Couthless is hilariously circular—you invented 'couth' as the opposite of 'uncouth,' but then you can add '-less' to it and get back to something uncouth means, showing how playful English word-formation can get.

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