forcouth

== Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English forcūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *frakunþ, from Proto-Germanic *frakunþaz, the past participle of *frakunnaną, equivalent to for- +‎ couth. Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (frakunþs, “despised”). Compare also Old English fracoþ (“vile”), which may have also sprung from the same original source. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔrˈkuːθ/ Rhymes: -uːθ Hyphenation: for‧couth === Adjective === forcouth despised, scorned, infamous, vile c. 1200, Laȝamon, Brut, line 28240, MS. Cotton Caligula A IX ==== Related terms ==== fraked