selcouth

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous. archaic
    — 'A selcouth novelty,' muttered the knight, 'to advance to storm such a castle without pennon or banner displayed.'

词形变化

more selcouth comparative most selcouth superlative

词源

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.
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