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Meaning of outlandish | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ

Definitions

A foreign language.

obsolete

Equivalents

Afrikaans vreemd

العربية غريب

Български чудат чуждестранен

Català estrafolari estrambòtic

Dansk udenlandsk

Deutsch ausländisch fremdartig haarsträubend seltsam sonderbar spanisch vorkommen

Español abracadabrante descabellado disparatado estrafalario estrambótico extravagante insólito inverosímil peregrino rocambolesco

Suomi hätkähdyttävä kummallinen muukalainen outo ulkomaalainen vieras vierasmaalainen

Français Bizarre étrange insolite

Italiano bizzarro straniero strano stravagante

Македонски странски туѓ чуден

Nederlands buitenissig buitenlands raar uitheems vreemd

Polski cudaczny

Português bizarro estrangeiro estranho forasteiro insólito

Русский нелепый

Examples

“[H]ow soon God from Heaven had sent His fiery tongues upon His Apostles, the devil from hell presently sent for his fiery tongues, and put them in the mouths of his apostles, to disgrace and scoff at those of God's sending. […] These good fellows have been at it, and now they can speak nothing but outlandish. Some little broken Greek or Latin they had, and now out it comes.”

“Never ſtir if that Gentleman ben't the ſame that vve ſee'd at the Painting Man's, that vvas ſo zivil to Mother, only he has got a black VVig on, and ſpeaks outlandiſh.”

CEFR level

Mastery
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