Unco vs Unce - What's the difference?
unco | unce |
Strange, weird.
*1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 18:
*:And the second quean was Hope and she was near as unco as Faith, but had right bonny hair, red hair, though maybe you'd call it auburn [...].
Very.
* 1920 , Tod Robbins, Who Wants a Green Bottle?'', 2007, ''Freaks And Fantasies ,
*1996 , (Alasdair Gray), ‘The Story of a Recluse’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012 ), p. 267:
*:Jamie has met only two kids of women: the mainly elderly and unco good who belong to his father's congregation, and those who drink in pubs and shebeens used by nearly penniless medical students.
(slang, New Zealand, Australia) Uncoordinated.
* 2006 , ,
As nouns the difference between unco and unce
is that unco is today while unce is (obsolete) an ounce; a small portion or unce can be a claw; an uncus.As an adverb unco
is today.unco
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) unco, shortening of (uncouth).Adjective
(en adjective)Adverb
(-)page 70,
- ‘Ye should tear up this carpet, Robbie,’ Uncle Peter called back over his shoulder. ‘It's most unco wearisome when a body?s leg-weary.’
Etymology 2
From uncoordinated.Adjective
(en adjective)page 106,
- ‘Aren?t he the most unco kid you ever come across?’ Norm refused to have Kevin on his boat even if he begged to be taken because he was too clumsy.
