# selcouth

> English word · Adjective · IPA /sɛlˈkuːθ/

## Definitions
1. Strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/selcouth