couthie

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English

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Etymology

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From couth +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Adjective

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couthie

  1. Agreeable.
  2. Comfortable.