Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bizarre"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bizarre
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"; "the outlandish
clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage
antics" [syn: {eccentric}, {freakish}, {freaky}, {flaky},
{outlandish}, {outre}]
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