forcouthとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 forcūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *frakunþ, from Proto-Germanic *frakunþaz, the past participle of *frakunnaną, equivalent to for- +‎ couth. Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (frakunþs, “despised”). Compare also 古期英語 fracoþ (“vile”), which may have also sprung from the same original source.

発音

• IPA: /fɔrˈkuːθ/

  韻: -uːθ

• ハイフネーション: for‧couth

形容詞

forcouth

1. despised, scorned, infamous, vile
   • c. 1200, Laȝamon, Brut, line 28240, MS. Cotton Caligula A IX

     Nu was sum for-cuð kempe / in Arðures ferde.

     Now there was some infamous knight / in Arthur’s army.

関連する語

• fraked