Meaning of couth in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.

  Example: She can speak English, French, and German.   I can play football.   Can you remember your fifth birthday?

• (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.

  Example: You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.   Can I use your pen?

• (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.

  Example: Animals can experience emotions.

• (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.

  Example: Can you hear that?.

• To know.

adjective

• Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.

• Variant of couthie.

noun

• Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.

  Example: That man has no couth.

• A person with social graces; a refined or sophisticated person.

adjective

• Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.