Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

unco

Pronunciation: /ˈʌŋkə/

Scottish
Definition of unco

adjective

  • unusual or remarkable.

adverb

[as submodifier]
  • remarkably; very:it’s got an unco fine taste

noun (plural uncos)

  • a stranger.
  • (uncos) news.

Phrases

the unco guid

/gɪd/ chiefly derogatory strictly religious people.

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'unknown, strange'): alteration of uncouth

unco in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of unco in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

Word of the day

merrythought

/ /
noun
the wishbone of a bird …