English Explanatory Dictionary

seld

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A seat, throne.
  2. A shop (in Medieval Latin records selda or silda (cf. Latin sella (“seat, chair”)); also in Anglo-Norman form seude). Also, a stand for spectators.
adj
  1. Rare, uncommon.
  2. Unusual, unwonted.
adv
  1. Seldom.

Word forms

seld selds more seld most seld

Etymology

From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle).

Synonyms

infrequent scarce uncommon dearthy few and far between geason in short supply rare raresome scant scantling selcouth seld seldom selly superrare unfrequent bizarre odd weird aberrant abnormal alien anomalous as queer as Dick's hatband booky curious deviant discrepant eerie eldritch errant exceptional extraordinary fey forby freak freakish freaky fremd funny heteroclite hinky incongruous incongruitous irregular kooky monstrous nonstandard outlandish out of the ordinary outré peculiar quaint queer queer as a clockwork orange queer as a nine bob note queer as a three dollar bill queer as a coot queer as Dick's hatband

Related words

selcouth selly
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