outlandish
Syllables: out·land·ishUK/ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ//ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/
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outlandish adjective: of or from a foreign country; not indigenous or native; alien, foreign.
Adjective
outlandish (comparative more outlandish, superlative most outlandish)
- Of or from a foreign country; not indigenous or native; alien, foreign.
- [W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled o^ꝛ ſelues wᵗ the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen.1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, III. Essdras [1...
- Apiſhneſſe rides in a Chariot made of nothing but cages, in which are all the ſtrangeſt out-landiſh Birds that can be gotten: […]1606, Tho[mas] Dekker, “Apishnesse: Or The First Dayes Triumph”, in The Seuen Deadly Sinnes of London: […], London: […] E[dward] A[llde] for Nathaniel Butter, […], →OCLC, page 32
- Synonyms:
- non-native, acquired, additional, adventitious, alien, ascititious, extraneous, foreign, fremd, intrusive
- Antonyms:
- inlandish, unoutlandish, aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous, native
- Appearing to be foreign; strange, unfamiliar.
- I believe, Lady, your Ladyſhip obſerved a young VVoman at Church yeſterday at Even-ſong, vvho vvas dreſt in one of your outlandiſh Garments; I think I have ſeen your Ladyſhip in ſuch a one. Hovvever, in the Country, ſuch Dreſſes are / Rara avis in Terris, nigroq; ſimillima Cycno, / That is, Madam...1749, Henry Fielding, “A Story Told by Mr. Supple, the Curate. The Penetration of Squire Western. His Great Love for His Daughter, and the Return to It Made by Her.”, in The History of Tom Jones, a...
- Roast beef and plum pudding are also held in superstitious veneration, and port and sherry maintain their grounds as the only true English wines; all others being considered vile outlandish beverages.1820 September 13, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Little Britain”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number VII, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […]...
- Greatly different from common experience; bizarre, outrageous, strange.
- The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair.
- [T]hoſe Laſciuious, Immodeſt, VVhoriſh, or vngodly Faſhions, and Attires, vvhich Metamorphiſe, and Transforme, our Light, and Giddie Females of the Superior and Gentile ranke, into ſundry Antique, Horred, and Out-landiſh ſhapes, from day, to day: […]1628, William Prynne, The Vnlouelinesse, of Louelockes. Or, A Summarie Discourse, Proouing: The Wearing, and Nourishing of a Locke, or Loue-locke, to be Altogether Vnseemely, and Vnlawfull unto...
- Synonyms:
- aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, curious, deviant, discrepant
- Antonyms:
- unoutlandish, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden, common-or-garden, congruent
- Of a place: far away from where most people are located; in the middle of nowhere, out of the way, remote.
- It will be very convenient to have a medical man—if he is clever—in one's own parish. I get dreadfully nervous sometimes, living in such an outlandish place; and Sherton is so far to send to.1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, chapter VIII, in The Woodlanders […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 151
- I will take this occasion of adding that we are both enjoying ourselves in these outlandish parts, and only wish for the presence of our friends (yourself and John, to wit) to make the trip perfectly enjoyable as it promises to be instructive.1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter III, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC, page 54
Noun
outlandish
- A foreign language.
- [H]ovv ſoone God from Heaven had ſent His fiery tongues upon His Apoſtles; the Devill from hell preſently ſent for his fiery tongues, and put them in the mouthes of his Apoſtles, to diſgrace and ſcoffe at thoſe of God's ſending. […] [T]heſe good fellovves have been at it, and novv they can ſpeake...1618 June 2 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Lancelot Andrewes, “[Sermons of the Sending of the Holy Ghost, Preached vpon Whit-Sunday.] A Sermon Preached before the King’s Maiestie at Greenwich...
- 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.1752, Samuel Foote, Taste. A Comedy, […], London: […] R[ichard] Francklin, […], →OCLC, Act II, page 29
outlandish meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
outlandish in Urdu
- عجیب, غیر, غریب
outlandish in Bengali
- অদ্ভুত, বিচিত্র, অস্বাভাবিক
outlandish in Malayalam
- പരദേശത്തെ, അന്യദേശത്തെ, വൈദേശികമായ
outlandish in Kannada
- ವಿದೇಶಿ, ವಿದೇಶೀಯವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುವ, ಅನ್ಯವೆಂದು ತೋರುವ, ಪರಕೀಯ, ವಿಜಾತೀಯ, ತೀರ ವಿಲಕ್ಷಣವಾದ
Examples of outlandish in a sentence
- The people therefore of the fair made a great gazing upon them: Some ſaid they vvere Fools, ſome they vvere Bedlams, and ſome they are Outlandiſh-men.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page...
- [H]e did not like the name of the outlandish man with the golden clock in his stockings.1711 May 3 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “SUNDAY, April 23, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 46; republished in Alexander...
- [I]f breeding amongſt Chriſtians vvas as much encouraged as amongſt Dogs and Horſes, vve need not be making Lavvs to let in a Parcel of outlandiſh Locuſts to eat us all up.1752, Samuel Foote, Taste. A Comedy, […], London: […] R[ichard] Francklin, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 9:
- I believe, Lady, your Ladyſhip obſerved a young VVoman at Church yeſterday at Even-ſong, vvho vvas dreſt in one of your outlandiſh Garments; I think I have ſeen your Ladyſhip in ſuch a one.1749, Henry Fielding, “A Story Told by Mr. Supple, the Curate. The Penetration of Squire Western. His Great Love for His Daughter, and the...
Synonyms of outlandish
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Antonyms
- inlandish
- unoutlandish
- aboriginal
- autochthonal
- autochthonous
- endemic
- indigenous
- native
- average
- medial
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Forms of outlandish
| comparative | more outlandish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most outlandish |
Origin of outlandish
The adjective is derived from Middle English outlandisch, outlondish (“foreign”), from Old English ūtlendisċ (“foreign; strange, outlandish”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtlandisk, from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandiskaz, from *ūtlandą (“(adjective) alien, foreign; relating to outlying land; (noun) foreign land; outlying land”) + *-iskaz (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘characteristic of; pertaining to’). *Ūtlandą is derived from *ūt- (suffix meaning ‘beyond; external to, on the outside of’) (from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“away; out, outward; upwards”)) + *landą (“area of ground, land”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“heath; land”)). By surface analysis, outland + -ish. The noun is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Danish udenlandsk (“foreign, non-domestic”) * Dutch uitlands (dated) (now buitenlands (“foreign, non-domestic”)), Dutch uitlandig (“absent from the home country”) (now chiefly Suriname) * Faroese útlendskur (“foreign, non-domestic”) * German ausländisch (“foreign, non-domestic”) * Icelandic útlenskur (“foreign”) * Swedish utländsk (“foreign, non-domestic”)
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Questions about outlandish
- What does outlandish mean?
- Outlandish means of or from a foreign country; not indigenous or native; alien, foreign.
- What is outlandish in Urdu?
- Outlandish in Urdu is عجیب, غیر, غریب. See Outlandish meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use outlandish in a sentence?
- The people therefore of the fair made a great gazing upon them: Some ſaid they vvere Fools, ſome they vvere Bedlams, and ſome they are Outlandiſh-men.
- What part of speech is outlandish?
- Outlandish can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce outlandish?
- Outlandish is pronounced /ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: outlandish (page history and authors); outlandish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outlandish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outlandish (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outlandish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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