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Strange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
erikoinen
— strange, rare, marvellous
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Finnish:
omituinen
— strange, rare, marvellous
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French:
merveilleux
— strange, rare, marvellous
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French:
étrange
— strange, rare, marvellous
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French:
miraculeux
— strange, rare, marvellous
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Italian:
meraviglioso
— strange, rare, marvellous
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Spanish:
maravilloso
— strange, rare, marvellous
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Spanish:
extraño
— strange, rare, marvellous
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Spanish:
portentoso
— strange, rare, marvellous
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Spanish:
asombroso
— strange, rare, marvellous
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Swedish:
egendomlig
— strange, rare, marvellous
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Swedish:
vidunderlig
— strange, rare, marvellous
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Swedish:
besynnerlig
— strange, rare, marvellous