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outlandishness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Outlandish  \Out*land"ish\,  a.  [AS.  ?tlendisc  foreign.  See  {Out}, 
  {Land},  and  {-ish}.] 
  1.  Foreign;  not  native. 
 
  Him  did  outlandish  women  cause  to  sin.  --Neh.  xiii. 
  26. 
 
  Its  barley  water  and  its  outlandish  wines.  --G.  W. 
  Cable. 
 
  2.  Hence:  Not  according  with  usage;  strange;  rude;  barbarous; 
  uncouth;  clownish;  as  an  outlandish  dress,  behavior,  or 
  speech. 
 
  Something  outlandish,  unearthy,  or  at  variance  with 
  ordinary  fashion.  --Hawthorne. 
  --{Out*land"ish*ly},  adv  --  {Out*land"ish*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  outlandishness 
  n  :  strikingly  out  of  the  ordinary  [syn:  {bizarreness},  {weirdness}]




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