selcouth
Adj
- Strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous.
Adjective
- Unusual, strange, or unfamiliar; archaic in usage.
Examples
- His play of SELCOUTH felt wonderfully strange and unexpected, earning him bonus points.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
amazing, awesome, bizarre, infrequent, magnificent, odd, rare, scarce, strange, stupendous, uncommon, weird
Scrabble Score: 13
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