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uncult

uncult adjective: not cultivated; rude; illiterate.

Adjective

uncult (comparative more uncult, superlative most uncult)

  1. (rare) Not cultivated; rude; illiterate.
    • I would not be happy with the uncult.1976, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Linda Allardt, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, page 481
    • From the above, it is clear that this type of divorce is mainly used by the uncult members of the public with very little or no formal education .1999, Lawrence Nicholas Asokomhe, Avoid the Birth of Sicklers: A Public Enlightenment Campaign Against Sickle Cell Disease in the African Community, page 57

Forms of uncult

comparativemore uncult
superlativemost uncult

Origin of uncult

From un- (“not”) + Latin cultus, past participle of colere (“to cultivate”). Compare incult.

Questions about uncult

What does uncult mean?
Uncult means not cultivated; rude; illiterate.
What part of speech is uncult?
Uncult is an adjective.

Words near uncult in the dictionary

  1. uncuffs
  2. uncular
  3. unculinary
  4. unculled
  5. unculpable
  6. uncult
  7. uncult.
  8. unculted
  9. uncultivability
  10. uncultivable
  11. uncultivatable

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