selcouth

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English

WOTD – 4 January 2010

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛlˈkuːθ/
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Adjective

selcouth (comparative more selcouth, superlative most selcouth)

  1. (now rare) Strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous.
    • 1814, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Reprint edition, Penguin, published 2000, →ISBN, page 244:
      'A selcouth novelty,' muttered the knight, 'to advance to storm such a castle without pennon or banner displayed.'
    • 2002, Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk II: Hugh Kenrick‎, Digitized edition (Fiction), MacAdam/Cage Pub., published 2011, →ISBN, page 318:
      The statements in either document are unique and selcouth.
    • 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:
      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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