outlandish

outlandish

English

Etymology

From Middle English outlandisch, from Old English ūtlendisċ, from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandiskaz. Related to ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”) (English outland). Sense of “bizarre” from 1590s.[1] Surface analysis outland +‎ -ish. Cognate to German ausländisch, dated Dutch uitlands (now buitenlands), Swedish utländsk, all “foreign, non-domestic”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊ̯tˈlændɪʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ændɪʃ

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

Synonyms

• (bizarre, strange): See also Thesaurus:strange
• (foreign, alien): See also Thesaurus:foreign

Derived terms

• outlandishly
• outlandishness

Related terms

• outland

Translations

strange or bizarre

Catalan: estrambòtic (ca), estrafolari Dutch: buitenissig (nl), vreemd (nl), raar (nl) French: étrange (fr), bizarre (fr), insolite (fr) Italian: strano (it) m, bizzarro (it) m, stravagante (it) m, straniero (it) m

Maori: pakepakehā, pākehakeha Occitan: estranh (oc), esquèr (oc), esquerrenc Russian: нелепый (ru) (nelepyj) Spanish: estrambótico (es), estrafalario, insólito (es) m, peregrino (es) m, extravagante (es), abracadabrante (es), descabellado (es) m, disparatado (es) m, inverosímil (es), rocambolesco (es) m

foreign

Dutch: buitenlands (nl), vreemd (nl), uitheems (nl) Italian: straniero (it) m

Maori: rāwaho

References

1. “outlandish” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.