outlandish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: outlandish	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for outlandish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outlandish adj 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]:
Outlandish \Outland"ish\, a. [AS. [?]tlendisc foreign. See {Out}, {Land}, and {-ish}.] 1. Foreign; not native. Him did outlandish* women cause to sin. --Neh. xiii. 26. Its barley water and its outlandish wines. --G. W. Cable. 2. Hence: Not according with usage; strange; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech. Something outlandish, unearthy, or at variance with ordinary fashion. --Hawthorne. --{Outland"ishly}, adv. -- {Outland"ishness}, n.