outlandish
Americanadjective
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freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre.
outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
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having a foreign appearance.
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remote from civilized areas; out-of the-way.
an outlandish settlement.
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Archaic. foreign; alien.
adjective
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grotesquely unconventional in appearance, habits, etc
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archaic foreign
Other Word Forms
- outlandishly adverb
- outlandishness noun
Etymology
Origin of outlandish
before 1000; Middle English; Old English ūtlendisc. See outland, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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It’s elementary: Characters can do outlandish things, commit outrageous crimes, be inspired by the pettiest of motives.
And as we saw in “A Minecraft Movie” earlier this year, any film that puts Mr. Black in an outlandish situation can’t go far wrong.
More outlandish still is that Vonn returned to top-tier competition on a knee that was partly rebuilt, something that no world-class skier had ever attempted.
The plane's disappearance has long been the subject of theories -- ranging from the credible to outlandish -- including that veteran pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah had gone rogue.
From Barron's
Ms. Greene never attempted that but succeeded in becoming a household name by saying outlandish things.
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