outlandish

outlandish
[[t]aʊtlæ̱ndɪʃ[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED (disapproval)
If you describe something as outlandish, you disapprove of it because you think it is very unusual, strange, or unreasonable.

They appeared at parties in outlandish clothes...

This idea is not as outlandish as it sounds.

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  • Outlandish — Out*land ish, a. [AS. [=u]tlendisc foreign. See {Out}, {Land}, and { ish}.] 1. Foreign; not native. [archaic] [1913 Webster] Him did outlandish women cause to sin. Neh. xiii. 26. [1913 Webster] Its barley water and its outlandish wines. G. W.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • outlandish — (adj.) O.E. utlendisc of a foreign country, from utland foreign land, lit. outland (see OUT (Cf. out) + LAND (Cf. land) (n.)) + ISH (Cf. ish). Sense of unfamiliar, strange, odd, bizarre (such as the customs of foreigners may seem to natives) is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • outlandish — *strange, singular, unique, peculiar, eccentric, erratic, odd, queer, quaint, curious Analogous words: bizarre, grotesque, *fantastic, antic: alien, foreign, extraneous, *extrinsic …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • outlandish — [adj] bizarre, strange alien, awkward, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clumsy, curious, droll, eccentric, erratic, exotic, extravagant, fantastic, far out*, foreign, freakish, gauche, graceless, grotesque, kinky*, odd, outrageous, outré, peculiar,… …   New thesaurus

  • outlandish — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ bizarre or unfamiliar. ORIGIN Old English, «not native» …   English terms dictionary

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