Selcouth: Difference between revisions
Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From Proto-Indo-European [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/*ǵneh₃- *ǵneh₃-]. From Middle English [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/selcouth#Middle_English selcouth], from Old English [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/selcūþ selcūþ] (“unusual, unwonted, little known, unfamiliar, novel, rare”), from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seld- seld-] (“rarely”) + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cūþ cū..." |
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Revision as of 07:53, 21 March 2026
English
Pronunciation
- セルクース (Se-ru-kū-su)
- 셀쿠스 (sel-ku-seu)
Adjective
selcouth(comparative more selcouth, superlative most selcouth)
- (now rare) strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous.
Synonyms
- (strange) bizarre, odd, weird
- (rare) infrequent, scarce, uncommon
- (wondrous) amazing, magnificent, stupendous