OUTLANDISH


Meaning of OUTLANDISH in English

— outlandishly , adv. — outlandishness , n.

/owt lan"dish/ , adj.

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

2. having a foreign appearance.

3. remote from civilized areas; out-of the-way: an outlandish settlement.

4. Archaic. foreign; alien.

[ bef. 1000; ME; OE utlendisc. See OUTLAND, -ISH 1 ]

Syn. 1. peculiar, queer, eccentric, curious. 3. backwoods, isolated.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .