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This week's theme: archaic words. selcouth (SEL-kooth) adjective Strange; unusual; marvelous. [From Middle English, from Old English seldcuth, from seldan (seldom) + cuth (known), from cunnan (to know).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Then forth they rushed: by Leader's tide, A selcouth sight they see." Walter Scott (1771-1832); Thomas the Rhymer. Sponsors' messages: Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 ............................................................................ Strange game. The only winning move is not to play. -A computer after simulating hundreds of war games in the movie WarGames (1983), written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/selcouth.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/selcouth.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/selcouth.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
