weirdon.adj.
/ˈwɪədəʊ/, U.S. /ˈwɪ(ə)rdoʊ/ slang.
A. n.
= weirdie n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > one outside conventional society
beard1667
come-outer1840
pagan1841
Bohemian1843
Greenwich Villager1887
weirdie1894
outsider1907
white nigger1934
beardo1935
isolate1942
weirdo1955
beat1958
beatnik1958
boho1958
beatster1959
way out1959
hippie1966
rebetis1966
homeboy1967
peanut1968
Yippie1968
suedehead1970
Goth1986
grebo1987
hipster1989
1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 347 Weird-o, a weird person.
1958 Observer 13 Apr. 15/3 He is worried by Press reports which represent him as ‘a weirdo—there is another word for it’.
1967 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Apr. 22/3 Another set of weirdos using a slick philosophy of revolt against the established order as camouflage for a lazy or corrupt existence.
1972 J. McClure Caterpillar Cop iv. 45 A shock-haired, bearded weirdo in a tartan dressing-gown and wellington boots.
1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xli. 448 We are near the village and I go back a lot, but like I said, they all treat me like I was some weirdo.
1981 London Rev. Bks. 3 Sept. 3 Santa Fe is acknowledged as a milieu of aesthetes and weirdos.
1984 Melody Maker 6 Oct. 34/4 This record is for the real weirdos.
B. adj.
Bizarre, eccentric, odd.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > bizarre
remote1533
antic1579
outlandish1588
bizarrea1648
outré1722
freakish1805
weird1820
freaky1824
weirdish1863
ostrobogulous1951
ostrobogulatory1952
far-out1954
weirdo1962
flaky1972
zonky1972
gonzo1974
mondo bizarro1976
mondo1979
woo-woo1986
freakazoid1990
1962 Sunday Times 5 Aug. 20/6 Frankly, I'm sick of your whole weirdo line. Leave me alone.
1969 C. F. Burke God is Beautiful, Man (1970) 46 About halfway through the party a real weirdo thing happened.
1974 M. Moore Silver Birch Country 43 The lady I'm looking after is a dear old duck, completely weirdo, but she's got a terrible sense of humour, and I like her.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 2 a/6 It..makes us sound like some sort of weirdo fanatics opposed to all medicine.
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n.adj.1955