Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rarely seen; rare.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Seldom seen.
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- adjective
seldom seen ,rare ,uncommon
Etymologies
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From Middle English seldsene ("rarely encountered, seldom seen; rare; as adv. seldom, rarely") also seld-sēn, seldscene, seltsene, Old English seldsīne ("rare, extraordinary, unfamiliar, uncommon") also seldsiene.
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AnWulf commented on the word seldseen
And seldseen costly stones of so great price — Marlowe, The Jew of Malta
... and awakening, saw a serpent like a dragon, a seldseen sight, — The Arabian Nights
November 22, 2011