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Antonyms for outlandishness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : out-lan-dish
Phonetic Transcription : aʊtˈlæn dɪʃ



Definition of outlandishness

Origin :
  • 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.
  • As in oddity : noun abnormality
  • As in quirkiness : noun eccentricity
  • As in singularity : noun eccentricity
  • As in eccentricity : noun bizarreness, unusualness
Example sentences :
  • Perhaps it was just that outlandishness of the man which influenced old Swaffer.
  • Extract from : « Amy Foster » by Joseph Conrad
  • The outlandishness of his garb made him the more noticeable, he knew, and he wished to avoid being seen.
  • Extract from : « The Jack-Knife Man » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • It makes a great impression of outlandishness to see the signs over the shop doors in a foreign tongue.
  • Extract from : « Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 1 » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • You see more of the outlandishness of fashion in one day on Broadway than in a week on any one street of Boston.
  • Extract from : « Around The Tea-Table » by T. De Witt Talmage
  • He was just enough civilized to show off his outlandishness in the strangest possible manners.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

Synonyms for outlandishness

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