couthie

English

Alternative forms

• couthy

Etymology

Etymology tree

English couth

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English couthie

From couth + -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːθi

Adjective

couthie (comparative couthier, superlative couthiest)

1. (Scotland) Friendly, agreeable, pleasant.
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 37:

     she tramped bare-footed the roads to the little school that nestled under the couthy hills.

Scots

Adjective

couthie

1. Agreeable.
2. Comfortable.