Selcouth (adj)
sel-kooth
strange; uncommon.
Selcouth, “strange, uncommon,” comes from Old English seldcūth, which is equivalent to seldan, “seldom,” and cūth, “couth, known, acquainted with.
Example sentences
“We found his selcouth behaviour the hardest to bear.”
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