unco
See also: uncò
English
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌŋkəʊ
Etymology 1
From Scots unco, shortening of uncouth.
Adjective
unco (comparative more unco, superlative most unco)
- (Scotland) Strange, weird.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- It was noted by them that kenned best that her cantrips were at their worst when the tides in the Sker Bay ebbed between the hours of twelve and one. At this season of the night the tides of mortality run lowest, and when the outgoing of these unco waters fell in with the setting of the current of life, then indeed was the hour for unholy revels.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 18:
- And the second quean was Hope and she was near as unco as Faith, but had right bonny hair, red hair, though maybe you'd call it auburn […] .
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
Adverb
unco (not comparable)
- (Scotland, northern UK) Very.
- 1920, Tod Robbins, Who Wants a Green Bottle?, 2007, Freaks And Fantasies, page 70,
- ‘Ye should tear up this carpet, Robbie,’ Uncle Peter called back over his shoulder. ‘It's most unco wearisome when a body′s leg-weary.’
- 1996, Alasdair Gray, ‘The Story of a Recluse’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012), p. 267:
- Jamie has met only two kids of women: the mainly elderly and unco good who belong to his father's congregation, and those who drink in pubs and shebeens used by nearly penniless medical students.
- 1920, Tod Robbins, Who Wants a Green Bottle?, 2007, Freaks And Fantasies, page 70,
Etymology 2
Sign in Gold Coast, Australia illustrating use of the word "unco"
From uncoordinated.
Adjective
unco (comparative more unco, superlative most unco)
- (slang, New Zealand, Australia) Uncoordinated.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, page 106,
- ‘Aren′t he the most unco kid you ever come across?’ Norm refused to have Kevin on his boat even if he begged to be taken because he was too clumsy.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, page 106,
Translations
uncoordinated
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Anagrams
- Ucon, coun
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from German Unze, Polish uncja and Russian у́нция (úncija).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈunt͡so]
- Rhymes: -unt͡so
- Hyphenation: un‧co
Noun
unco (accusative singular uncon, plural uncoj, accusative plural uncojn)
- ounce
Latin
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈun.koː/, [ˈʊŋkoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈun.ko/, [ˈuŋko]
Verb
uncō (present infinitive uncāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive, of bears) I growl
- Synonym: seviō
Conjugation
No perfect is attested.
| Conjugation of uncō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | uncō | uncās | uncat | uncāmus | uncātis | uncant |
| imperfect | uncābam | uncābās | uncābat | uncābāmus | uncābātis | uncābant | |
| future | uncābō | uncābis | uncābit | uncābimus | uncābitis | uncābunt | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | uncem | uncēs | uncet | uncēmus | uncētis | uncent |
| imperfect | uncārem | uncārēs | uncāret | uncārēmus | uncārētis | uncārent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | uncā | — | — | uncāte | — |
| future | — | uncātō | uncātō | — | uncātōte | uncantō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | uncāre | — | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | uncāns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| uncandī | uncandō | uncandum | uncandō | — | — | ||
Noun
uncō
- dative/ablative singular of uncus
References
- “unco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- unco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- uncare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Scots
Etymology
Shortening of uncouth.
Adjective
unco (comparative mair unco, superlative maist unco)
- unknown, strange
- unusual, odd
- great
Adverb
unco
- very
Noun
unco
- Any strange person or thing; an oddity.
- (in the plural) News.