单词 | outlandishness |
释义 | outlandishnessn. The quality of being outlandish. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > bizarreness outlandishness1611 freakishness1678 bizarrerie1741 outréness1832 freakiness1886 bizarreness1920 ostrobogulosity1951 ostrobogulation1952 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Peregrinité, strangenesse, outlandishnesse, forrainenesse. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. xi. 329 The outlandishness of the fashion was not offensive. 1966 W. Percy Last Gentleman v. i. 237 She struck him as an enthusiast of a certain sort who becomes wry as a countermeasure to her own outlandishness. 1995 Observer 15 Jan. (Review section) 17/2 At school the boys had called him Cal for his outlandishness. His wild strength had made him appear a Caliban and Caligula. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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