selcouth

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Scrabble points: 13
Words With Friends: 15
Letters: 8

Pronunciation

/sɛlˈkuːθ/

Definition of selcouth

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(archaic)Strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous.

“'A selcouth novelty,' muttered the knight, 'to advance to storm such a castle without pennon or banner displayed.'”
“The statements in either document are unique and selcouth.”
“Left to its own devices and without the Web as a vehicle for misinforming others, the selcouth dogmas that forbade sexual relations ...”

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Etymology

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.

Anagrams of selcouth

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3-letter words

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