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incony

/ɪŋˈkʌni/

incony adjective: unlearned, artless, pretty, or delicate.

Adjective

incony (comparative more incony, superlative most incony)

  1. (obsolete) unlearned, artless, pretty, or delicate
    • Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit!c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Lincolne. Where are they married! dost thou know the Church!
      Firke. I never goe to Church, but I know the name of it, it is a swearing Church, stay a while, 'tis, I by the mas: no, no tis I by my troth, no nor that, tis I by my faith, that that, tis I by my Faiths Church under Paules Crosse, there...1599 (first performance; published 1600), Thomas Dekker, “The Shomakers Holiday. Or The Gentle Craft. […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker […], volume I, London: John Pearson […], published...

Forms of incony

comparativemore incony
superlativemost incony

Origin of incony

Compare conny, canny, unco.

Questions about incony

What does incony mean?
Incony means unlearned, artless, pretty, or delicate.
What part of speech is incony?
Incony is an adjective.
How do you pronounce incony?
Incony is pronounced /ɪŋˈkʌni/.

Words near incony in the dictionary

  1. inconvertibleness
  2. inconvertibly
  3. inconvincibility
  4. inconvincible
  5. inconvincibly
  6. incony
  7. incoop
  8. incoordinate
  9. incoordinated
  10. incoordinately
  11. incoordination

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