strange : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: strange	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for strange
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strange adj being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has" Synonym(s): strange, unusual Antonym(s): familiar not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house" Synonym(s): strange, unknown relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city" Synonym(s): foreign, strange Antonym(s): native
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. {Stranger}; superl. {Strangest}.] [OE. estrange, F. [82]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. [bd]To seek strange strands.[b8] --Chaucer. One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. --Ascham. 2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. 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. 4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. [bd]He is sick of a strange fever.[b8] --Shak. Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton. 5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak. She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. --Hawthorne. 6. Backward; slow. [Obs.] Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl. 7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak. Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. --Waller. {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. Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strange \Strange\, adv. Strangely. [Obs.] Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strange \Strange\, v. t. To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strange \Strange\, v. i. 1. To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.] 2. To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.] --Glanvill.