selcouth
Americanadjective
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Origin of selcouth
before 900; Middle English selcouth, Old English seldcūth, equivalent to seld ( an ) seldom + cūth couth 2
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A strange day and a selcouth sight for auld een.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
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