Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: outlandish
IPA transcription: [aʊtl'ændɪʃ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • AN OUTLANDISH WATCH.
  • 'No, no!' she said, 'it can't be me; it must be some strange outlandish bird.'
  • Well, there was a big outlandish parrot on each side of the clock, made out of something like chalk, and painted up gaudy.
  • I had crossed a marshy tract full of willows, bulrushes, and odd, outlandish, swampy trees; and I had now come out upon the skirts of an open piece of undulating, sandy country, about a mile long, dotted with a few pines and a great number of contorted trees, not unlike the oak in growth, but pale in the foliage, like willows.