outlandish

From Middle English outlandisch, from Old English ūtlendisċ, from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandiskaz. Related to ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”) (English outland). Sense of “bizarre” from 1590s.[1] Surface analysis outland +‎ -ish. Cognate to German ausländisch, dated Dutch uitlands (now buitenlands), Swedish utländsk, all “foreign, non-domestic”.

• IPA^(key): /aʊ̯tˈlændɪʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ændɪʃ

outlandish (comparative more outlandish, superlative most outlandish)

1. bizarre, strange

   The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair.

2. (archaic) foreign, alien

• (bizarre, strange): See also Thesaurus:strange
• (foreign, alien): See also Thesaurus:foreign

• outlandishly
• outlandishness

• outland