incult
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Untilled; uncultivated; wild; hence, unpolished; unrefined; rude, as style.
Examples
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Germany then, saith Tacitus, was incult and horrid, now full of magnificent cities: Athens, Corinth, Carthage, how flourishing cities, now buried in their own ruins!
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To shut up all in brief, where good government is, prudent and wise princes, there all things thrive and prosper, peace and happiness is in that land: where it is otherwise, all things are ugly to behold, incult, barbarous, uncivil, a paradise is turned to a wilderness.
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Here is raw life, lusty, full of rude beauty, but utterly incult.
Note
The word 'incult' comes from Latin roots meaning 'not' and 'cultivated'.
