out|land´ish|ness

out|land´ish|ness
out|land|ish «owt LAN dihsh», adjective.
1. not familiar; strange or ridiculous; queer: »

an outlandish hat. What outlandish manners!

SYNONYM(S): odd, bizarre.
2. looking or sounding as if it belonged to a foreign country: »

an outlandish custom or dialect.

3. far removed from civilization; out-of-the-way; remote: »

Alaska was once regarded as an outlandish place.

4. Archaic. foreign: »

outlandish women (Nehemiah 13:26).

out|land´ish|ly, adverb.
out|land´ish|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • out|land|ish — «owt LAN dihsh», adjective. 1. not familiar; strange or ridiculous; queer: »an outlandish hat. What outlandish manners! SYNONYM(S): odd, bizarre. 2. looking or sounding as if it belonged to a foreign country: »an outlandish custom or dialect. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • outlandishness — out*land ish*ness n. The quality of being strikingly out of the ordinary; the quality of being outlandish[2]. Syn: bizarreness, weirdness. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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