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uncous

uncous adjective: curved or hook-shaped.

Adjective

uncous (comparative more uncous, superlative most uncous)

  1. (rare) Curved or hook-shaped.
    • 1658: And contemplating the calicular shafts, and uncous disposure of their extremities, so accommodable unto the office of abstersion, not condemne as wholly improbable the conceit of those who accept it for the herbe Borith. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 180)

Forms of uncous

comparativemore uncous
superlativemost uncous

Origin of uncous

From Latin uncus.

Questions about uncous

What does uncous mean?
Uncous means curved or hook-shaped.
What part of speech is uncous?
Uncous is an adjective.

Words near uncous in the dictionary

  1. uncourtierlike
  2. uncourting
  3. uncourtlike
  4. uncourtliness
  5. uncourtly
  6. uncous
  7. uncousinly
  8. uncouth
  9. uncouther
  10. uncouthest
  11. uncouthly

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