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selcouth.

Strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/sɛlˈkuːθ/
  1. Strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English selcouth, from Old English selcūþ, seldcūþ (“unusual, unwonted, little known, unfamiliar, novel, rare”), from seld- (“rarely”) + cūþ (“known”); equivalent to seld + couth.

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