selly

发音

/ˈsɛli/

词形变化

sellies 复数 sellies sellier 比较级 more selly 比较级 selliest 最高级 most selly 最高级

别名

silly sillie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rare

    苏格兰 英国 方言
adj.
  1. 1.

    Rare; wonderful; admirable

    苏格兰 英国 方言
adv.
  1. 1.

    Wonderfully, wondrously.

    苏格兰 英国 方言

相关短语

Selly Oak Selly Park

词源

From Middle English selly, selly, sellich, from Old English sellīċ, seldlīċ (“rare, strange, wondrous”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldalīk, from Proto-Germanic *seldalīkaz, equivalent to seld + -ly. Cognate with Scots selly, silly (“approved, good, worthy”), Old Saxon seldlīk (“rare, wonderful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (sildaleiks, “wonderful”).

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