ALIEN


Meaning of ALIEN in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. a (often foll. by to) unfamiliar; not in accordance or harmony; unfriendly, hostile; unacceptable or repugnant (army discipline was alien to him; struck an alien note). b (often foll. by from) different or separated.

2 foreign; from a foreign country (help from alien powers).

3 of or relating to beings supposedly from other worlds.

4 Bot. (of a plant) introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in its new home.

--n.

1. a foreigner, esp. one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where he or she is living.

2 a being from another world.

3 Bot. an alien plant.

Derivatives:

alienness n.

Etymology: ME f. OF f. L alienus belonging to another (alius)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.