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Definition of Outlandish
1. Adjective. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual. "Outre and affected stage antics"
Similar to: Unconventional
Derivative terms: Bizarreness, Eccentricity, Flakiness, Flakiness, Freakishness, Outlandishness
Definition of Outlandish
1. a. Foreign; not native.
Definition of Outlandish
1. Adjective. bizarre, strange ¹
2. Adjective. (context: archaic) foreign, alien ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outlandish
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outlandish
Literary usage of Outlandish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Shakespeare Garden by Esther Singleton (1922)
"IV "outlandish" and English Flowers The flowers for the knots, or beds, Parkinson
divides ... Of the outlandish flowers first of all he mentions daffodils, ..."
2. I Read It, But I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers by Cris Tovani (2000)
"Much to my surprise, I get a variety of endings, many of them quite outlandish.
Tyler begins. "The boy moved." "No, this book is about some kid who plays ..."
3. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1907)
"A mandate of king Edward the first concerning outlandish marchants. WE will and
command that outlandish marchants doe sel their wares in the citie of London ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... of the arrival of the Polos at their family mansion in the parish of St.
John Chrysostom, of their appearance at its door in worn and outlandish garb, ..."
5. One Hundred English Folksongs by Cecil James Sharp (1916)
"11 THE outlandish KNIGHT Moderate j) ii: ^ ^ i(fr l.An £ Collected and arranged
by CECIL J. SHARP ..."
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