couthieadj.

Brit.

/ˈkuːθi/, U.S.

/ˈkuθi/, Scottish English

/ˈkuθɪ/

Forms: Also couthy.

Etymology: apparently < couth adj. + -y suffix¹: compare German kundig, kündig, Old High German chundig known, knowing, Old English -cyþiȝ, < cýþ knowledge, early Middle English cuþi (ü) ? known, noted.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2542 Cuðie meies [c1300 Otho treuwe broþers].c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 230 Heo beoð to-gadere icumene kuðies mæȝes [c1300 Otho cuþie meyes].c1275 Laȝamon Brut 860 Þat folk com to gadere, cuþþie meyes [c1205 gudliche cnihtes].

Scottish.

a. Acting as befits persons well known to each other; full of friendly familiarity; warm and friendly in intercourse; kindly, pleasant, genial. (The opposite of treating each other as strangers.)

ΚΠ

1719 A. Ramsay 2nd Answer to Hamilton vii Heal be your heart, gay couthy carle.

1773 R. Fergusson Auld Reikie 5 Whare couthy Chiels at E'ening meet.

1824 J. Galt Rothelan I. ii. x. 234 The magistrate and the chieftain..had often been couthy together.

1871 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod iii. vii. 304 If they had met on the shores of the central lake of Africa, they could scarcely have been more couthy together.

b. Said of personal actions and qualities.

ΚΠ

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. viii. 310 After a couthy-crack about auld lang syne.

1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 70 That couthy, social and humourous effect which it [Tam o'Shanter] so eminently possesses.

2. Of things: Agreeable, pleasing, ‘nice’.

ΚΠ

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 22 (Jam.) The water feckly on a level sled Wi' little dinn, but couthy what it made.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 15 Such a couthy tale.

a1806 in Jamieson Pop. Ball. I. 293 The spence was ay couthie an' clean.

3. Used adverbially. After the way of familiar friends; kindly, genially.

ΚΠ

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 33 (Jam.) Kindly and couthy ay to her he spak.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 155 Some kindle, couthie, side by side, An' burn thegither trimly.

1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 92 She dauts them and hauds them fu' couthie and well.

Derivatives

ˈcouthy-like adv.

ΚΠ

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 88 (Jam.) He..spake sae kindly, couthy-like, and fair.

1820 Glenfergus I. 239 (Jam.) How kind and couthie-like Lord Arnbank was lookin' to Miss Flora.

ˈcouthily adv.

ΚΠ

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 76 (Jam.) In by they come, and haillst her couthily.

ˈcouthiness n.

ΚΠ

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Couthiness, Coudiness, familiarity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	couthie
释义	couthieadj. Brit. /ˈkuːθi/, U.S. /ˈkuθi/, Scottish English /ˈkuθɪ/ Forms: Also couthy. Etymology: apparently < couth adj. + -y suffix¹: compare German kundig, kündig, Old High German chundig known, knowing, Old English -cyþiȝ, < cýþ knowledge, early Middle English cuþi (ü) ? known, noted.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2542 Cuðie meies [c1300 Otho treuwe broþers].c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 230 Heo beoð to-gadere icumene kuðies mæȝes [c1300 Otho cuþie meyes].c1275 Laȝamon Brut 860 Þat folk com to gadere, cuþþie meyes [c1205 gudliche cnihtes]. Scottish. 1. a. Acting as befits persons well known to each other; full of friendly familiarity; warm and friendly in intercourse; kindly, pleasant, genial. (The opposite of treating each other as strangers.) ΚΠ 1719 A. Ramsay 2nd Answer to Hamilton vii Heal be your heart, gay couthy carle. 1773 R. Fergusson Auld Reikie 5 Whare couthy Chiels at E'ening meet. 1824 J. Galt Rothelan I. ii. x. 234 The magistrate and the chieftain..had often been couthy together. 1871 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod iii. vii. 304 If they had met on the shores of the central lake of Africa, they could scarcely have been more couthy together. b. Said of personal actions and qualities. ΚΠ 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. viii. 310 After a couthy-crack about auld lang syne. 1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 70 That couthy, social and humourous effect which it [Tam o'Shanter] so eminently possesses. 2. Of things: Agreeable, pleasing, ‘nice’. ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 22 (Jam.) The water feckly on a level sled Wi' little dinn, but couthy what it made. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 15 Such a couthy tale. a1806 in Jamieson Pop. Ball. I. 293 The spence was ay couthie an' clean. 3. Used adverbially. After the way of familiar friends; kindly, genially. ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 33 (Jam.) Kindly and couthy ay to her he spak. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 155 Some kindle, couthie, side by side, An' burn thegither trimly. 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 92 She dauts them and hauds them fu' couthie and well. Derivatives ˈcouthy-like adv. ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 88 (Jam.) He..spake sae kindly, couthy-like, and fair. 1820 Glenfergus I. 239 (Jam.) How kind and couthie-like Lord Arnbank was lookin' to Miss Flora. ˈcouthily adv. ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 76 (Jam.) In by they come, and haillst her couthily. ˈcouthiness n. ΚΠ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Couthiness, Coudiness, familiarity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1719
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