Outlandish
[aʊt'lændɪʃ]
Definition
(a.) Foreign; not native.
(a.) Hence: Not according with usage; strange; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Foreign, strange, exotic, alien, not native, not domestic, from abroad.[2]. Barbarous, rustic, boorish, rude, clownish.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Strange, queer, grotesque, foreign, rustic, barbarous, rude
ANT:Fashionable, modish, native
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Examples
- Outlandish, too, she said, marking the dress and turban of Rebecca--What country art thou of? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- No; that's common; a very outlandish distinction, fitter for a lady in a balloon. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But of all the ridiculous sights I ever have seen, our party of eight is the most so --they do cut such an outlandish figure. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We wish to learn all the curious, outlandish ways of all the different countries, so that we can show off and astonish people when we get home. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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