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Webster 1913 Edition


Outlandish

Out-land′ish

,
Adj.
[AS.
ūtlendisc
foreign. See
Out
,
Land
, and
-ish
.]
1.
Foreign; not native.
[archaic]
Him did
outlandish
women cause to sin.
Neh. xiii. 26.
Its barley water and its
outlandish
wines.
G. W. Cable.
Something
outlandish
, unearthy, or at variance with ordinary fashion.
Hawthorne.
Out-land′ish-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Outlandish

OUTLAND'ISH

, a.
1.
Foreign; not native.
Nevertheless, even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Neh. 13.
2.
Born or produced in the interior country, or among rude people; hence, vulgar; rustic; rude; clownish. [This is the sense in which the word is among us most generally used.]

Definition 2024


outlandish

outlandish

English

Adjective

outlandish (comparative more outlandish, superlative most outlandish)

  1. bizarre, strange
    The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair.
  2. (archaic) foreign, alien

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  • See also Wikisaurus:strange

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References

  1. outlandish” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).