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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024out•land•ish /aʊtˈlændɪʃ/USA pronunciation adj. - strange or odd, esp. in a way that is displeasing, freakish, or grotesque.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024out•land•ish (out lan′dish),USA pronunciation adj. - 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.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English ūtlendisc. See outland, -ish1
out•land′ish•ly, adv. out•land′ish•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged peculiar, queer, eccentric, curious.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged backwoods, isolated.
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