outlandish
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dɪʃ adjective
1.
freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
2.
having a foreign appearance.
3.
remote from civilized areas; out-of the-way: an outlandish settlement.
4.
Archaic. foreign; alien.
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outlandish (aʊtˈlændɪʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | grotesquely unconventional in appearance, habits, etc |
| 2. | archaic foreign |
| out'landishly | |
| —adv | |
| out'landishness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
outlandish
O.E. utlendisc "of a foreign country," from utland "foreign land," lit. "outland" (see out + land). Sense of "unfamiliar, strange, odd, bizarre" (such as the customs of foreigners may seem to natives) is attested from 1596. Outlander in S.African Eng. had a specific sense of
"not of Boer birth" (1892) and was a loan-transl. of S.African Du. uitlander.
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Example sentences
The imagery was diverse: occasionally outlandish and mostly ingenious.
Some are more outlandish than others, more or less fantastical and even offensive.
Outlandish styling aside, the rest of the concept is standard custom fare.
They no doubt relish the idea that they can say such outlandish things with a straight face.
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