unco

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adjective

un·​co ˈəŋ-(ˌ)kō 

-kə

1

chiefly Scotland

a

: strange, unknown

b

: uncanny, weird

2

chiefly Scotland : extraordinary

unco

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adverb

: extremely, remarkably, uncommonly

you keep your room unco hot

—R. L. Stevenson

unco

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noun

plural uncos

1

uncos plural, chiefly Scotland : news, tidings

2

chiefly Scotland : stranger

Synonyms

Adverb

• achingly
• almighty
• archly
• awful
• awfully
• badly
• beastly
• blisteringly
• bone
• colossally
• corking
• cracking
• damn
• damned
• dang
• deadly
• desperately
• eminently
• enormously
• especially
• ever
• exceedingly
• exceeding
• extra
• extremely
• fabulously
• fantastically
• far
• fiercely
• filthy
• frightfully
• full
• greatly
• heavily
• highly
• hugely
• immensely
• incredibly
• intensely
• jolly
• majorly
• mightily
• mighty
• monstrous [chiefly dialect]
• mortally
• most
• much
• particularly
• passing
• rattling
• real
• really
• right
• roaring
• roaringly
• seriously
• severely
• so
• sore
• sorely
• spanking
• specially
• stinking
• such
• super
• supremely
• surpassingly
• terribly
• that
• thumping
• too
• uncommonly
• vastly
• very
• vitally
• way
• whacking
• wicked
• wildly

Noun

• 411 [slang]
• advice(s)
• gen [chiefly British]
• info
• information
• intelligence
• item
• news
• story
• tidings
• word

Examples of unco in a Sentence

Adverb

has written an unco fine novel about the war

Noun

uncos of recent sightings of the Loch Ness Monster always seem to increase with the start of the tourist season

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English (Scots) unkow, alteration of Middle English uncouth

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adverb

1721, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1