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bi⋅zarre
[bi-zahr] 
–adjective
| markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd: bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior. |
Origin:
1640–50; < F < It bizzarro lively, capricious, eccentric, first attested (ca. 1300) in sense “irascible”; of disputed orig.
1640–50; < F < It bizzarro lively, capricious, eccentric, first attested (ca. 1300) in sense “irascible”; of disputed orig.
Related forms:
bi⋅zarre⋅ly, adverb
bi⋅zarre⋅ness, noun
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| bi·zarre (bĭ-zär') adj. Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd. See Synonyms at fantastic. [French, from Spanish bizarro, brave, probably from Basque bizar, beard.] bi·zarre'ly adv., bi·zarre'ness n. |
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Bizarre
Bi*zarre"\, a. [F. bizarre odd, fr. Sp. bizarro gallant, brave, liberal, prob. of Basque origin; cf. Basque bizarra beard, whence the meaning manly, brave.] Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque. --C. Kingsley.
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Language Translation for : bizarre
Spanish:
extraño, raro,
German:
bizarr,
Japanese:
奇怪な
bizarre
c.1648, from Fr. bizarre "odd, fantastic," originally "handsome, brave," from Basque bizar "a beard" (th notion being of the strange impression made in France by bearded Sp. soldiers); alternative etymology traces it to It. bizarro "angry, fierce, irascible," from bizza "fit of anger."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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