couthie
Couthie is a warm Scottish word meaning friendly, agreeable, pleasant, and comfortable — the kind of cosy, welcoming quality you find in a neighbour who always has the kettle on or a pub where everyone knows your name.
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Couthie is a warm Scottish word meaning friendly, agreeable, pleasant, and comfortable — the kind of cosy, welcoming quality you find in a neighbour who always has the kettle on or a pub where everyone knows your name. It implies genuine warmth rather than forced politeness, the sort of easy sociability that makes you feel at home immediately. Couthie people don't put on airs; they're approachable, kind, and unpretentious in the best possible way.
The whole village was couthie and welcoming, not at all what she'd expected from such a remote place.
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(Scotland) Friendly, agreeable, pleasant.
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