strangest

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. Stranger; superl. Strangest.] [OE. estrange, F. ['e]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.]

1.Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek strange strands." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

One of the strange queen's lords.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues.— Ascham.[1913 Webster]

2.Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. [1913 Webster]

So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights.— Sir J. Davies.[1913 Webster]

3.Not before known, heard, or seen; new. [1913 Webster]

Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "He is sick of a strange fever." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

5.Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee.— Hawthorne.[1913 Webster]

6.Backward; slow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause.— Beau. & Fl.[1913 Webster]

7.Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. [1913 Webster]

In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. [1913 Webster]

Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below.— Waller.[1913 Webster]

Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown vessel.

Strange woman (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3.

To make it strange. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. --Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

To make strange, To make one's self strange. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric. [1913 Webster]