Unco vs Unio - What's the difference?
unco | unio |
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 , ,
Any of the genus of freshwater mussels.
* 1894 , Sleep of mollusks'' (in ''Popular Science , volume 45, number 1, May 1894, page 99)
As an adjective unco
is strange, weird.As an adverb unco
is very.As a noun unio is
any of the genus genus: Unio of freshwater mussels.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.
unio
English
(wikipedia unio)Noun
(en noun)- In June, 1850, a living pond mussel was sent to Dr. Gray from Australia which had been kept out of water more than a year, and instances of the survival of unios without moisture for long periods are not rare.
