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Unco
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial Unco has 1 sense
- unco(r = adv.all) outstandingly, remarkably, unusually - to a remarkable degree or extent; "she was unusually tall"
CIDE DICTIONARY
Unco, a. [Scot. The same word as E. uncouth.].
Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved. [1913 Webster]
Unco, adv.
In a high degree; to a great extent; greatly; very. [1913 Webster]
Unco, n.
A strange thing or person. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Unco, adj., adv., & n. Sc.
--adj. strange, unusual; notable.
--adv. remarkably; very.
--n. (pl. -os)
1 a stranger.
2 (in pl.) news.
--adj. strange, unusual; notable.
--adv. remarkably; very.
--n. (pl. -os)
1 a stranger.
2 (in pl.) news.
Idiom
the unco guid esp. derog. the rigidly religious.
Etymology
ME, var. of UNCOUTH
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