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outlandishness

outlandishness noun: the quality of being outlandish.

Noun

outlandishness (countable and uncountable, plural outlandishnesses)

  1. The quality of being outlandish.
    • Mini-golf and go-cart parks had exploded, each striving to outdo its literally dozens of competitors in outlandishness.2009 January 16, Austin Considine, “A Return to Kitsch Mountain”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    bizarreness

Synonyms of outlandishness

Forms of outlandishness

pluraloutlandishnesses

Origin of outlandishness

From outlandish + -ness.

Questions about outlandishness

What does outlandishness mean?
Outlandishness means the quality of being outlandish.
What part of speech is outlandishness?
Outlandishness is a noun.
What is the plural of outlandishness?
The plural of outlandishness is outlandishnesses.

Words near outlandishness in the dictionary

  1. outlandish
  2. outlandisher
  3. outlandishers
  4. outlandishlike
  5. outlandishly
  6. outlandishness
  7. outlandishnesses
  8. outlands
  9. outlane
  10. outlanes
  11. outlash

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