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strange (adj.)
1.not known before"used many strange words" "saw many strange faces in the crowd" "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
2.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 humor she has"
3.relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world"foreign nations" "a foreign accent" "on business in a foreign city"
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Merriam Webster
StrangeStrange (?), a. [Compar. Stranger (?); superl. Strangest (?).] [OE. estrange, F. étrange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.]
1. Belonging to another country; foreign. “To seek strange strands.” Chaucer.
One of the strange queen's lords. Shak.
I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. Ascham.
2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
So she, impatient her own faults to see,
Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. Sir J. Davies.
3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. Shak.
4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. “He is sick of a strange fever.” Shak.
Sated at length, erelong I might perceive
Strange alteration in me. Milton.
5. Reserved; distant in deportment. Shak.
She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. Hawthorne.
6. Backward; slow. [Obs.]
Who, loving the effect, would not be strange
In favoring the cause. Beau. & Fl.
7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. Shak.
☞ Strange is often used as an exclamation.
Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow
High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. Waller.
Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown vessel. -- Strange woman (Script.), a harlot. Prov. v. 3. -- To make it strange. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To make strange, To make one's self strange. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. Gen. xlii. 7.
Syn. -- Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric.
StrangeStrange, adv. Strangely. [Obs.]
Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak. Shak.
StrangeStrange, v. t. To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]
StrangeStrange, v. i.
1. To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.]
2. To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.] Glanvill.
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⇨ definición de strange (Wikipedia)
strange (adj.)
abnormal, alien, anomalous, bizarre, crackpot, curious, eerie, exotic, extraneous, extraordinary, far-out, foreign, freak, funny, inexperienced, irregular, marvellous, new, noteworthy, not known, odd, paradoxical, particular, peculiar, queer, rare, remarkable, secret, singular, startling, supernatural, suspicious, unacquainted, uncanny, uncommon, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unknown, unprecedented, unused, unusual, wild, weird (colloquial)
Ver también
strange (adj.)
↘ strangeness, unfamiliarity, unusualness, weirdly ↗ funnily, oddly, queerly, strangely ≠ familiar, native
⇨ Strange and inexplicable behaviour • strange attractor • strange particle • strange quark • strange to say/tell/relate
strange (adj.)
unfamiliar[Similaire]
strange (adj.)
qui n'est pas connu (fr)[Classe]
strange (adj.)
odd; weird; far-out; peculiar; strange; unusual[ClasseHyper.]
unusualness - strangeness, unfamiliarity - funnily, oddly, queerly, strangely[Dérivé]
familiar[Ant.]
strange (adj.)
étranger (fr)[Classe]
unfamiliar[Analogie]
native[Ant.]
strangeness, unfamiliarity - curiousness, foreignness, strangeness[Dérivé]
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