Outlandish
[out-lan-dish] /aʊtˈlæn dɪʃ/
adjective
1.
freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre:
outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
2.
having a foreign appearance.
3.
remote from civilized areas; out-of the-way:
an outlandish settlement.
4.
Archaic. foreign; alien.
/aʊtˈlændɪʃ/
adjective
1.
grotesquely unconventional in appearance, habits, etc
2.
(archaic) foreign
adj.
Old English utlendisc “of a foreign country, not native,” from utland “foreign land,” literally “outland” (see out + land (n.)) + -ish. Sense of “unfamiliar, strange, odd, bizarre” (such as the customs of foreigners may seem to natives) is attested from 1590s.
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