uncous

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adjective

Curved or hook-shaped.

OriginLatin uncus →
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Meanings

adjectiveuncous (comparative more uncous, superlative most uncous)

comparative more uncous · superlative most uncous

  1. rareCurved or hook-shaped.

    1658: And contemplating the calicular shafts, and uncous disposure of their extremities, so accommodable unto the office of abstersion, not condemne as wholly improbable the conceit of those who accept it for the herbe Borith. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 180)

Origin

  1. Latinuncus
  2. Englishuncous

From Latin uncus.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncous.

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