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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
- Example: "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"
- Example: "famed for his eccentric spelling"
- Example: "a freakish combination of styles"
- Example: "his off-the-wall antics"
- Example: "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"
- Example: "outre and affected stage antics"
[syn: bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outlandish \Out*land"ish\, a. [AS. [=u]tlendisc foreign. See
   Out, Land, and -ish.]
   1. Foreign; not native. [archaic]
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            Him did outlandish women cause to sin. --Neh. xiii.
                                                  26.
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            Its barley water and its outlandish wines. --G. W.
                                                  Cable.
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   2. Hence: Deviating conspicuously from common practice;
      strange; freakish; bizarre; rude; barbarous; uncouth;
      clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech; --
      usually used in a negative sense.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

            Something outlandish, unearthy, or at variance with
            ordinary fashion.                     --Hawthorne.
      [1913 Webster] --Out*land"ish*ly, adv.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

outlandish
    adj 1: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
           "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another
           like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a
           freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall
           antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre
           and affected stage antics" [syn: bizarre, eccentric,
           freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-
           the-wall, outlandish, outre]