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outlandish

[ out-lan-dish ]

adjective

  1. freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre:

    outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. having a foreign appearance.
  3. remote from civilized areas; out-of the-way:

    an outlandish settlement.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. Archaic. foreign; alien.


outlandish

/ ʊˈæԻɪʃ /

adjective

  1. grotesquely unconventional in appearance, habits, etc
  2. archaic.
    foreign
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • dzܳˈԻ徱Ա, noun
  • dzܳˈԻ徱, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • dzܳ·Իi· adverb
  • dzܳ·Իi·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of outlandish1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ūٱԻ徱. See outland, -ish 1
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Example Sentences

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Every year on 1 April, newspapers would publish outlandish stories with zero or very little basis in fact, all to have a bit of fun with their readers.

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Drag queens also embrace outlandish gender performance, but it's to subvert rigid gender roles instead of reinforcing them.

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Unanswered questions have long dogged the case, giving rise to theories about the involvement of government agents, the mafia and other nefarious characters - as well as more outlandish claims.

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Her husband likes to tease her for watching her “dirty little shows,” with their outlandish and corny plot lines.

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The characters are so farcical in their outlandish country club get-ups that they hardly seem agents for a “troubling study in power and agency” that the directors suggest in their program note.

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