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bizarre.

Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/bɪˈzɑː(ɹ)//bəˈzɑː(ɹ)//bɪˈzɑɹ//bəˈzɑɹ/
  1. Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

    That was a bizarre adventure!
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre”, formerly “headlong, angry”), then either from Italian bizzarro (“weird, eccentric, frisky”) or, less likely, from Basque bizar (literally “beard”, from the notion that bearded Spanish soldiers made a strange impression on the French).

noun/bɪˈzɑː(ɹ)//bəˈzɑː(ɹ)//bɪˈzɑɹ//bəˈzɑɹ/
  1. Any of several types of flower with stripes of various colours. A carnation having stripes of two distinct colours on the white petals.

  2. Any of several types of flower with stripes of various colours. A tulip with a certain pattern of various colored stripes.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre”, formerly “headlong, angry”), then either from Italian bizzarro (“weird, eccentric, frisky”) or, less likely, from Basque bizar (literally “beard”, from the notion that bearded Spanish soldiers made a strange impression on the French).

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