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weird and wonderful

/ˈwɪə(ɹ)d ən ˈwʌndə(ɹ)fəl/

weird and wonderful adjective: delightfully unusual.

Adjective

weird and wonderful (comparative more weird and wonderful, superlative most weird and wonderful)

  1. Delightfully unusual.
    • Daihatsu Hi-Jet is weird and wonderfool [sic]2008 October 18, Quentin Wilson, The Mirror
    • What kept Zoe’s dad going was making brand new ice-cream flavours. At the end of every shift at the factory he would rush home excitedly, laden with samples of some weird and wonderful new flavour for Zoe to be the first to try.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Forms of weird and wonderful

comparativemore weird and wonderful
superlativemost weird and wonderful

Questions about weird and wonderful

What does weird and wonderful mean?
Weird and wonderful means delightfully unusual.
What part of speech is weird and wonderful?
Weird and wonderful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce weird and wonderful?
Weird and wonderful is pronounced /ˈwɪə(ɹ)d ən ˈwʌndə(ɹ)fəl/.

Words near weird and wonderful in the dictionary

  1. weiqi
  2. weir
  3. Weir Views
  4. weirangle
  5. weird
  6. weird and wonderful
  7. weird fiction
  8. weird flex but ok
  9. weird flex, but ok
  10. weird looking
  11. weird matching

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