Dictionary

selcouth en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /sɛlˈkuːθ/

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.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous.
   • The statements in either document are unique and selcouth. 2002, Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk II: Hugh Kenrick, Digitized edition (Fiction), MacAdam/Cage Pub., published 2011, →ISBN, page 318:
   • 'A selcouth novelty,' muttered the knight, 'to advance to storm such a castle without pennon or banner displayed.' 1814, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Reprint edition, Penguin, published 2000, →ISBN, page 244:
   • Left to its own devices and without the Web as a vehicle for misinforming others, the selcouth dogmas that forbade sexual relations ... 2007, Mark Youngblood Herring, “Caught in the Web”, in Fool's Gold: Why the Internet is no Substitute for a Library, McFarland, →ISBN, page 37:

Forms

Deriveds

selcouthly

Relateds

little-known

Synonyms

odd · stupendous · bizarre (strange) · scarce · uncommon · weird · magnificent · amazing (wondrous) · infrequent

Translations (13)

fi erikoinen (strange, rare, marvellous) · fr étrange (strange, rare, marvellous) · es maravilloso (strange, rare, marvellous) · fi omituinen (strange, rare, marvellous) · es portentoso (strange, rare, marvellous) · it meraviglioso (strange, rare, marvellous) · sv vidunderlig (strange, rare, marvellous) · fr miraculeux (strange, rare, marvellous) · fr merveilleux (strange, rare, marvellous) · es extraño (strange, rare, marvellous) · sv egendomlig (strange, rare, marvellous) · es asombroso (strange, rare, marvellous) · sv besynnerlig (strange, rare, marvellous)