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English Dictionary: bizarre by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bizarre
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"
    Synonym(s): bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off- the-wall, outlandish, outre
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bizarre \Bi*zarre"\, a. [F. bizarre odd, fr. Sp. bizarro
      gallant, brave, liberal, prob. of Basque origin; cf. Basque
      bizarra beard, whence the meaning manly, brave.]
      Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical;
      extravagant; grotesque. --C. Kingsley.
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