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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: curious, eccentric, queer, peculiar

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

    an outlandish settlement.

    Synonyms: isolated, backwoods

  4. Archaic. foreign; alien.


outlandish

/ aʊtˈlændɪʃ /

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

  • outˈlandishness, noun
  • outˈlandishly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • out·landish·ly adverb
  • out·landish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of outlandish1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ūtlendisc. See outland, -ish 1
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Example Sentences

There was Trump’s bonkers Madison Square Garden rally, situated in a state that Harris will end up winning by double digits, where some sophomoric comedian cracked jokes about how Puerto Rico is a “floating island of garbage” and Trump himself made some of his most outlandish remarks of the campaign.

From Slate

The comedy capers into some outlandish territory, but audiences seem happy to suspend disbelief for the chance to enjoy Farrow and LuPone demonstrate that it’s never too late for a woman to reinvent herself.

The more authoritarian Trump’s plans, the more punitive his promises, the more outlandish his lies, the deeper his supporters dig in.

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At a recent rally in Michigan, former First Lady Michelle Obama said Trump has “no honesty, no decency, no morals,” and too often gets a pass for his outlandish behavior.

Not unlike 2020, Trump and his allies are preemptively making outlandish and extreme assertions to lay the groundwork for a claim, if they don’t prevail, that the election was stolen.

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