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The meaning of UNCO is strange, unknown. How to use unco in a sentence.
9 meanings: 1. unfamiliar, strange, or odd 2. remarkable or striking 3. very; extremely 4. → See the unco guid 5. a novel or.... Click for more definitions.
What does the word unco mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word unco. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in northern English regional dialect and Scottish English.
Combs. and phr.: (i) to be unco, to feel oneself a stranger (Sc. 1825 Jam.); (ii) unco body, a stranger, an outsider, a newcomer (Ayr. 1811 W. Aiton Agric. Ayr. 693); (iii) unco folk, used as coll. pl. of (ii), strangers (I.Sc. (uncan), ne., em.Sc.(a), sm.Sc. 1973); (iv) unco men, = (ii) (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh. 1908 Jak.
Unco definition: remarkable; extraordinary.. See examples of UNCO used in a sentence.
1. unfamiliar, strange, or odd. 2. remarkable or striking. adv. 3. very; extremely. 4. the unco guid narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people. n, pl uncos or uncoes. 5. a novel or remarkable person or thing. 6. obsolete a stranger. 7. ( plural) news.
Definitions of unco. adverb. to a remarkable degree or extent. synonyms: outstandingly, remarkably, unusually. see more.
