different between outlandish vs freakish

English

Etymology

From Middle English outlandisch, from Old English ?tlendis?, from Proto-Germanic *?tlandiskaz. Related to ?tland (“foreign land, land abroad”) (English outland). Sense of “bizarre” from 1590s. Surface analysis outland +? -ish. Cognate to German ausländisch, dated Dutch uitlands (now buitenlands), Swedish utländsk, all “foreign, non-domestic”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??t?lænd??/
• Rhymes: -ænd??

Adjective

outlandish (comparative more outlandish, superlative most outlandish)

1. bizarre, strange
2. (archaic) foreign, alien

Synonyms

• (bizarre, strange): See also Thesaurus:strange
• (foreign, alien): See also Thesaurus:foreign

Derived terms

• outlandishly
• outlandishness

Related terms

• outland

Translations

References

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