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Definition of Couthy
1. Adjective. (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial.
Definition of Couthy
1. couthie [adj COUTHIER, COUTHIEST] - See also: couthie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Couthy
Literary usage of Couthy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"So from the equivalent AS. cuth, known, we have Sc. couth, couthy, familiar,
agreeable in conversation, pleasant, loving, affectionate, giving satisfaction. ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"There came a piper ^ couthy, -le [affable, loving, kind, pleasant]. ... I spier'd
for my cousin fu' couthy and sweet, ..."
3. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1881)
"Gin the couthy meet the drouthy, Comin' frae the toun ; Need the drouthy wi' ...
Gin the drouthy meet the couthy, O' the causey's crap, Need the drouthy gar ..."
4. The Illustrated book of Scottish songs: from the sixteenth to the nineteenth (1854)
"The couthy fireside, my friends, ... pow o' age A couthy fireside. 'Tis Heaven
that nerves the soldier's arm ..."
5. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1881)
"Gin the couthy meet the drouthy, Comin' frae the toun ; Need the drouthy wi' the
... Need the drouthy gar the couthy An' drink till ye be sair'd. ..."
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