outlandish

[ out-lan-dish ]

/ aʊtˈlæn dɪʃ /

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adjective

freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.

having a foreign appearance.

remote from civilized areas; out-of the-way: an outlandish settlement.

Archaic. foreign; alien.

Origin of outlandish

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ūtlendisc. See outland, -ish¹

SYNONYMS FOR outlandish

1 peculiar, queer, eccentric, curious.

3 backwoods, isolated.

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OTHER WORDS FROM outlandish

out·land·ish·ly, adverb out·land·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby outlandish

outing flannel, outjockey, outlaid, outland, outlander, outlandish, outlast, outlaw, outlaw strike, outlawry, outlay

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Thou wouldst never have guessed the Queen through the veil of her outlandish garment.

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It cut a strange, outlandish figure among the crowd of casual reminiscences it externally resembled.

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Many conceal and disfigure the truth by putting it in an antiquated and outlandish dress.

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I never should have believed that in so few months the tone of a Boston paper would seem so outlandish to me.

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British Dictionary definitions for outlandish

outlandish

/ (aʊtˈlændɪʃ) /

adjective

grotesquely unconventional in appearance, habits, etc

archaic foreign

Derived forms of outlandish

outlandishly, adverb outlandishness, noun

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