bizarrity
bizarrity noun: the quality of being bizarre.
Noun
bizarrity (countable and uncountable, plural bizarrities)
- The quality of being bizarre.
- The bizarrity of many public “sayings and doings” can scarcely be outdone by the bizarrity of some of the queries.1824, Cincinnatus Caledonius [pseudonym; John Gordon Barbour], Queries Connected with Christianity, Edinburgh: […] D. Webster, page 299
- I do not kiss your hand, lest I might infest you with some of my bizarrity, but I make you a low courtesy, and I hope to see you again soon, under some new and interesting semblance.1885 April, The American Journal of Insanity, volume XLI, Utica, N.Y., page 496
- Synonyms:
- bizarreness, bizarrerie
Examples of bizarrity in a sentence
- The former’s splendour gives a fine bizarrity, / The latter’s grace a charming regularity.1889, ““The Puffiad””, in Time, volume XIX, page 64:
- The Hugo that lived was just a Frenchman—loving bizarrity.1899 September 8, Kenneth Herford, “Victor Hugo—A Side Light”, in The Detroit Free Press, volume 64, number 349, Detroit, Mich., page 4:
- “Without psychosis” means that he doesn’t show any bizarrity of behavior as it is characterized in our definite medical classifications.1951, Transcript of Record: Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1951, No. 176, page 214:
Synonyms of bizarrity
Forms of bizarrity
| plural | bizarrities |
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Questions about bizarrity
- What does bizarrity mean?
- Bizarrity means the quality of being bizarre.
- How do you use bizarrity in a sentence?
- The former’s splendour gives a fine bizarrity, / The latter’s grace a charming regularity.
- What part of speech is bizarrity?
- Bizarrity is a noun.
- What is the plural of bizarrity?
- The plural of bizarrity is bizarrities.
Words near bizarrity in the dictionary
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