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strange
English
Etymology
From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extraneus (“that which is on the outside”). Doublet of extraneous. Cognate with French étrange (“strange, foreign”) and Spanish extranjero (“foreign”). Displaced native Old English seldc?þ.
Pronunciation
- enPR: str?nj, IPA(key): /?st?e?nd??/
- Rhymes: -e?nd?
Adjective
strange (comparative stranger, superlative strangest)
- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
- He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act IV, Scene 1,[1]
- I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9, lines 598-601,[2]
- Sated at length, ere long I might perceave
- Strange alteration in me, to degree
- Of Reason in my inward Powers, and Speech
- Wanted not long, though to this shape retain’d.
- Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
- I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act IV, Scene 2,[3]
- […] here is the hand and seal of the duke: you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, pages 48–49:
- She's probably sitting there hoping a couple of strange detectives will drop in.
- (particle physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- Hypernym: flavor
- 2004 Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 93:
- A strange quark is electrically charged, carrying an amount -1/3, as does the down quark.
- (mathematics) Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- (obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.
- 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, London, Book 1,[4]
- I take goyng thither [to Italy], and liuing there, for a yonge ientleman, that doth not goe vnder the kepe and garde of such a man, as both, by wisedome can, and authoritie dare rewle him, to be meruelous dangerous […] not bicause I do contemne, either the knowledge of strange and diuerse tonges, and namelie the Italian tonge […] or else bicause I do despise, the learning that is gotten […]
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act IV, Scene 2,[5]
- […] one of the strange queen’s lords.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Psalm 137:4,[6]
- How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
- 1662, Samuel Pepys, Diary entry dated 27 November, 1662, in Henry B. Wheatley (editor), The Diary of Samuel Pepys, New York: Croscup & Sterling, 1893, Volume 2, Part 2, p. 377,[7]
- I could not see the [Russian] Embassador in his coach; but his attendants in their habits and fur caps very handsome, comely men […] But Lord! to see the absurd nature of Englishmen, that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at every thing that looks strange.
- 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, London, Book 1,[4]
- (obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene 1,[8]
- Good signiors both, when shall we laugh? say, when?
- You grow exceeding strange: must it be so?
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, Chapter 19, p. 253,[9]
- She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee!
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene 1,[8]
- (obsolete) Backward; slow.
- 1621, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Thierry and Theodoret, London: Thomas Walkley, Act III, Scene 1,[10]
- […] to his name your barrennesse adds rule;
- Who louing the effect, would not be strange
- In fauoring the cause; looke on the profit,
- And gaine will quickly point the mischiefe out.
- 1621, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Thierry and Theodoret, London: Thomas Walkley, Act III, Scene 1,[10]
- (obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene 3,[11]
- I know thee well;
- But in thy fortunes am unlearn’d and strange.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene 3,[11]
- (law) Not belonging to one.
Synonyms
- (not normal): See Thesaurus:strange
- (not part of one's experience): new, unfamiliar, unknown
Antonyms
- (not normal): everyday, normal, regular (especially US), standard, usual, unsurprising
- (not part of one's experience): familiar, known
Derived terms
Related terms
- estrange, estranged
- stranger
Translations
Verb
strange (third-person singular simple present stranges, present participle stranging, simple past and past participle stranged)
- (obsolete, transitive) To alienate; to estrange.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be estranged or alienated.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To wonder; to be astonished (at something).
- 1661, Joseph Glanvill, The Vanity of Dogmatizing, London: Henry Eversden, Chapter 19, p. 184,[12]
- [these] were all the Assertions of Aristotle, which Theology pronounceth impieties. Which yet we need not strange at from one, of whom a Father saith, Nec Deum coluit nec curavit [he neither worshipped nor cared for God]:
- 1661, Joseph Glanvill, The Vanity of Dogmatizing, London: Henry Eversden, Chapter 19, p. 184,[12]
Derived terms
- bestrange
Noun
strange (uncountable)
- (slang, uncountable) vagina
- 2013 "Taming Strange" (episode of South Park TV series)
- Ike: Yeah, for my cool cool trick I'm gonna tame Foofa's strange.
- Plex: Tame mo-what?
- Ike: I can tame Foofa's strange, bro.
- 2013 "Taming Strange" (episode of South Park TV series)
Anagrams
- Sargent, Stagner, Stanger, argents, garnets, gerants, rangest
Esperanto
Etymology
stranga (“strange”) +? -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?stran?e/
- Hyphenation: stran?ge
- Rhymes: -an?e
Adverb
strange
- strangely
Middle English
Adjective
strange
- Alternative form of straunge
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?str?n?e/, [?str???e]
Adjective
strange
- Inflected form of strang
West Flemish
Noun
strange n
- beach
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aberrant
English
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + err? (“to wander”). See aberr.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?.?b?.??nt/, /?æ.b?.??nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?.?b?.??nt/, /?æ.b?.??nt/
Adjective
aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)
- Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.]
- (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Synonyms
- (differing from the norm): abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange
- (straying from the right way): devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral
- (deviating from the natural type):
Antonyms
- (differing from the norm): normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal
- (straying from the right way): correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous
- (deviating from the natural type): continuous
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
aberrant (plural aberrants)
- A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
- (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
Synonyms
- (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
- (thing deviating from the natural type):
Translations
References
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.b??rant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.b??ran/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.be?rant/
Adjective
aberrant (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)
- aberrant
- (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)
Related terms
- aberració
- aberrància
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.b?.???/
Adjective
aberrant (feminine singular aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)
- aberrant, abnormal or anomalous
- (sciences) which is impossible according to the norms or rules
Related terms
- aberrer
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
aberrant (comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)
- aberrant
Declension
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Duden online
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a?ber.rant/, [ä?b?r?än?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a?ber.rant/, [??b?r??n?t?]
Verb
aberrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of aberr?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberr? (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”) + and from err? (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erz?? (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers-eh?-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon.
The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab??rant/
- Rhymes: -ant
- Hyphenation: ab?err?ant
Adjective
aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant)
- (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Noun
aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene)
- (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)
References
- “aberrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “aberrant” in Store norske leksikon
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