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Adjective: strange (stranger,strangest)  streynj
  1. Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
    "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humour she has"
    - unusual
     
  2. Not known before
    "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"
    - unknown
     
  3. Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
    - foreign

Derived forms: strangest, stranger

See also: adventive, alien, antic [archaic], crazy, curious, curiousness, eerie, eery, established, exotic, fantastic, fantastical, foreign-born, foreignness, freaky, funny, gothic, grotesque, imported, naturalised [Brit], naturalized, nonnative, odd, oddish, other, peculiar, quaint, queer, rum [Brit], rummy, singular, strangely, strangeness, tramontane, unfamiliar, unnaturalised [Brit], unnaturalized, weird

Antonym: familiar

Encyclopedia: Strange, Curtis Northrup Strange Strange, but true Strange, Ontario