different between uncouth vs inelegant

English

Etymology

From Middle English uncouth, from Old English unc?þ (“unknown; unfamiliar; strange”), from Proto-Germanic *unkunþaz (“unknown”), equivalent to un- +? couth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?ku??/

• Rhymes: -u??

Adjective

uncouth (comparative uncouther or more uncouth, superlative uncouthest or most uncouth)

1. (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.

   Antonym: (obsolete) couth
2. Clumsy, awkward.

   Synonym: fremd

3. Unrefined, crude.

   Synonyms: impolite; see also Thesaurus:impolite

   Antonym: couth

Derived terms

• uncouthness

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• untouch

English

Alternative forms

• unelegant

Etymology

From Middle French inélégant, from Latin in?leg?ns; equivalent to in- +? elegant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??l???nt/

Adjective

inelegant (comparative more inelegant, superlative most inelegant)

1. Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.

Synonyms

• (unfashionable): démodé, passé, unchic; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable
• (graceless): clumsy, graceless, haphazard

Translations

Anagrams

• Galentine, eglantine, elegantin, legantine

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin in?leg?ns.

Adjective

inelegant (masculine and feminine plural inelegants)

1. inelegant

   Antonym: elegant

Related terms

• elegant
• inelegància

Further reading

• “inelegant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inelegant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inelegant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inelegant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French inélégant.

Adjective

inelegant m or n (feminine singular inelegant?, masculine plural inelegan?i, feminine and neuter plural inelegante)

1. inelegant

Declension