/ ˈsɛlkuːθ /
selcouth
adjective
Strange and wonderful; unfamiliar, rare, and marvellous.
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“Watching a murmuration of starlings for the first time. I didn't know that was what it was called. I just stood in a field with my mouth open.”
Old English: selcūth
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