Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift Heavily built and massive, there was a suggestion of uncouth physical inertia in the figure, but above this unwieldy frame there was perched a head so masterful in its brow, so alert in its steel-grey, deep-set eyes, so firm in its lips, and so subtle in its play of expression, that after the first glance one forgot the gross body and remembered only the dominant mind.
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Although couth gets an entry in the dictionary, you will still hear the word uncouth used far more often.