Hypertext Webster Gateway: "outlandish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outlandish \Out*land"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.
--{Out*land"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Out*land"ish*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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"; "the outlandish
clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage
antics" [syn: {bizarre}, {eccentric}, {freakish}, {freaky},
{flaky}, {outre}]
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