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couthy

couthy is the alternative 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

Forms of couthy

comparativemore couthy
superlativemost couthy

Questions about couthy

What is couthy the alternative form of?
Couthy is the alternative form of couthie.

Words near couthy in the dictionary

  1. couthier
  2. couthiest
  3. couthiness
  4. couthless
  5. couths
  6. couthy
  7. coutil
  8. coutilier
  9. coutiliers
  10. coutille
  11. coutilles

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