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freakish

English

Etymology

freak +? -ish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f?i?k??/

Adjective

freakish (comparative more freakish, superlative most freakish)

  1. Resembling a freak.
  2. Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre.
  3. Capricious, unpredictable.

Derived terms

  • freakishly
  • freakishness

Translations

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arbitrary

English

Etymology

From Middle English arbitrarie, Latin arbitr?rius (arbitrary, uncertain), from arbiter (witness, on-looker, listener, judge, overseer).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.b?.t??.?i/, /???.b?.t?i/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /???.b?.t??(?).?i/

Adjective

arbitrary (comparative more arbitrary, superlative most arbitrary)

  1. (usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
  2. Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.
    • 1937/1938, Albert Einstein, letter to Max Born
    • 1906, Gelett Burgess, Are You a Bromide?
  3. (mathematics) Any, out of all that are possible.
  4. Determined by independent arbiter.
  5. (linguistics) Not representative or symbolic; not iconic.

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

arbitrary (plural arbitraries)

  1. Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee.

Further reading

  • arbitrary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • arbitrary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • arbitrariness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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