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outlandish

[ out-lan-dish ]

adjective

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

    outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. having a foreign appearance.
  3. remote from civilized areas; out-of the-way:

    an outlandish settlement.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. Archaic. foreign; alien.


outlandish

/ ʊˈæԻɪʃ /

adjective

  1. grotesquely unconventional in appearance, habits, etc
  2. archaic.
    foreign
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • dzܳˈԻ徱Ա, noun
  • dzܳˈԻ徱, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • dzܳ·Իi· adverb
  • dzܳ·Իi·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of outlandish1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ūٱԻ徱. See outland, -ish 1
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To these companies and their customers, nothing is too implausible — or too outlandish.

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Stephen Sondheim might have enjoyed the challenge of creating a musical from such an outlandish premise.

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In the online competition for attention, people constantly seek attention with extreme and outlandish behavior.

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But if you rewind to the start of this campaign, hopes of success under Postecoglou didn't seem too outlandish.

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He notes that the demands were so outlandish that submitting "would have been ruinously expensive and completely impractical."

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