furrinadj.
/ˈfʌrɪn/ regional and humorous.
Foreign.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > foreign (of country or place) or situated abroad > of or relating to a foreign land
un-i-cundeeOE
althedisheOE
althedyOE
elelendisha1000
fremda1000
outlandishOE
strange1297
outenc1300
unkindc1300
outlandsc1330
foreign?1435
outland1488
peregrine1532
uncouth1533
forinsecal1539
exterior1540
extern1543
unnative1568
uplandish1586
external1587
tramontane1596
exotical1601
estranged1614
undenizened1635
extra-marine1639
outlanding1643
ultramarine1656
transmontane1727
forinsec service1728
foreigneering1806
trans-oceanic1827
vilayati1843
alienized1860
oversea1881
overwater1889
overseas1892
furrin1895
non-native1932
1895 Mrs. H. Ward Bessie Costrell iii. 52 'Ee's a bishop, they ses—someun from furrin parts.
1915 F. H. Burnett Lost Prince vi. 60 It'd be likely to be in some o' these furrin places. England'd be too far.
1950 L. Durrell Spirit of Place (1969) 104 Dear Anne, I have been owing you a letter From furrin parts.
1969 ‘E. McGirr’ Entry of Death vii. 145 May I present Sergeant Griffid. I'll spell it on account of it being hard on furrin ears.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1895