seldsome

Meaning

Adjective

• Rare; uncommon.

Origin

• From seld#Etymology_2 + -some. Compare Middle English seldscene ("seldsome, rare"). Cognate with West Frisian seldsum ("rare"), Saterland Frisian säildsoam ("rare, curious, odd"), Dutch zeldzaam ("rare, scarce"), German seltsam ("strange, odd"), Danish sælsom ("seldsome"), Norwegian Bokmål selsom ("seldsome"), Swedish sällsam ("odd, peculiar").