uncouthness

uncouth +‎ -ness

uncouthness (countable and uncountable, plural uncouthnesses)

1. The characteristic of being uncouth.
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 54, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     In Warrington’s very uncouthness there was a refinement, which the other’s finery lacked.

   • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 205:

     That noise, that awful clamour of uncouthness inexpressible, is the love-call of the storm bird!