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couthier

couthier is the comparative form of couthie.

Meaning of couthie

Adjective

couthie (comparative couthier, superlative couthiest)

  1. (Scotland) Friendly, agreeable, pleasant.
    • she tramped bare-footed the roads to the little school that nestled under the couthy hills.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 37

Questions about couthier

What is couthier the comparative form of?
Couthier is the comparative form of couthie.

Words near couthier in the dictionary

  1. couters
  2. Coutet
  3. Coutets
  4. couth
  5. couthie
  6. couthier
  7. couthiest
  8. couthiness
  9. couthless
  10. couths
  11. couthy

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