uncult

See also: uncult.

English

Etymology

From un- (“not”) + Latin cultus, past participle of colere (“to cultivate”). Compare incult.

Adjective

uncult (comparative more uncult, superlative most uncult)

1. (rare) Not cultivated; rude; illiterate.
   • 1976, Ralph Waldo Emerson, ‎Linda Allardt, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, page 481:

     I would not be happy with the uncult.

   • 1999, Lawrence Nicholas Asokomhe, Avoid the Birth of Sicklers: A Public Enlightenment Campaign Against Sickle Cell Disease in the African Community, page 57:

     From the above, it is clear that this type of divorce is mainly used by the uncult members of the public with very little or no formal education .