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Friday | 2 Sep 2022
Selcouth
[sel-kooth]
Adjective
Middle English - late 8th century
- Definition
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Strange or unfamiliar, with a touch of rare and marvelous.
- Examples of word Selcouth in a sentence
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“The future queen’s selcouth beauty was both rare and striking, catching the eye of the king.”
- Did you Know?
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At some point in time, the words selcouth and uncouth used to be synonyms, both meaning rare, strange, unfamiliar, marvelous and wonderous, but now uncouth is defined as “rude and unpleasant.”
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