strange

Definition

Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.

Etymology

From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus (“that which is on the outside”). Doublet of extraneous and estrange. Cognate with French étrange (“strange, foreign”) and Spanish extraño (“strange, foreign”). Largely displaced native fremd, selcouth, and uncouth, from Old English fremede, seldcūþ, and uncūþ.

Example Sentences

• "He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter."
• "I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?"
• "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."

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