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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Scots unco, shortening of uncouth.
Adjective[edit]
unco (comparative more unco, superlative most unco)
- Strange, weird.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 18:
- And the second quean was Hope and she was near as unco as Faith, but had right bonny hair, red hair, though maybe you'd call it auburn [...].
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 18:
Adverb[edit]
unco (not comparable)
- (Scotland, northern Britain) Very.
- 1920, Tod Robbins, Who Wants a Green Bottle?, 2007, Freaks And Fantasies, page 70,
- ‘Ye should tear up this carpet, Robbie,’ Uncle Peter called back over his shoulder. ‘It's most unco wearisome when a body′s leg-weary.’
- 1996, Alasdair Gray, ‘The Story of a Recluse’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012), p. 267:
- Jamie has met only two kids of women: the mainly elderly and unco good who belong to his father's congregation, and those who drink in pubs and shebeens used by nearly penniless medical students.
- 1920, Tod Robbins, Who Wants a Green Bottle?, 2007, Freaks And Fantasies, page 70,
Etymology 2[edit]
From uncoordinated.
Adjective[edit]
unco (comparative more unco, superlative most unco)
- (slang, New Zealand, Australia) Uncoordinated.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, page 106,
- ‘Aren′t he the most unco kid you ever come across?’ Norm refused to have Kevin on his boat even if he begged to be taken because he was too clumsy.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, page 106,
Translations[edit]
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Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Unze, Polish uncja and Russian у́нция (úncija).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
unco (accusative singular uncon, plural uncoj, accusative plural uncojn)
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
uncō
References[edit]
- unco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- unco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Shortening of uncouth.
Adjective[edit]
unco (comparative mair unco, superlative maist unco)
Adverb[edit]
unco
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