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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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oddball

English

Etymology

Compound of odd +? ball. Attested since the 1940s, with the adjective appearing earlier than the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /???d?b?l/

Noun

oddball (plural oddballs)

  1. An eccentric or unusual person.
  2. (neuroscience) A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.

Synonyms

  • (eccentric or unusual person): kook, odd duck, strange fish, queer fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person

Translations

Adjective

oddball (not comparable)

  1. Exotic, not mainstream.

Translations

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