adjective · rare

outlandish

out·land·ish

outlandish · more outlandish · most outlandish

далекий

нелепый

seltsam, sonderbar, haarsträubend

Appearing to be foreignAppearing to be foreign; strange, unfamiliar.

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/ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/

» This is outlandish.

Meaning

4 senses

(broadly)Appearing to be foreign; strange, unfamiliar.
(broadly)Greatly different from common experience; bizarre, outrageous, strange.
The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair.
haarsträubend, seltsam, sonderbar
неле́пыйnelépyj
(broadly, derogatory)Of a place: far away from where most people are located; in the middle of nowhere, out of the way, remote.
(archaic)Of or from a foreign country; not indigenous or native; alien, foreign.
fremdartig, ausländisch

More definitions

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Examples

14 sentences

This is outlandish.
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Sami's lies got bigger and more outlandish.
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Gaddafi was known for his outlandish clothing.
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Today's edition is dedicated to this outlandish story.
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Her idea isn't as outlandish as it may sound.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

greatly different from common experience — see also bizarre, outrageous, strange:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

of or from a foreign country; not indigenous or native — see also alien, foreign:

greatly different from common experience — see also bizarre, outrageous, strange:

Origin

The adjective is derived from Middle English outlandisch, outlondish (“foreign”), from Old

The adjective is derived from Middle English outlandisch, outlondish (“foreign”), from Old English ūtlendisċ (“foreign; strange, outlandish”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtlandisk, from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandiskaz, from *ūtlandą (“(adjective) alien, foreign; relating to outlying land; (noun) foreign land; outlying land”) + *-iskaz (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘characteristic of; pertaining to’). *Ūtlandą is derived from *ūt- (suffix meaning ‘beyond; external to, on the outside of’) (from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“away; out, outward; upwards”)) + *landą (“area of ground, land”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“heath; land”)). By surface analysis, outland + -ish. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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