outlandishness

/aʊtˈɫændɪʃnəs/ noun

The quality of being outlandish.

Word Origin The word 'outlandish' originally meant 'from an outlying land' — foreign, strange. It combines 'out' and 'land' with the suffix -ish. 'Outlandishness' is the quality of being strange or foreign. The same roots give us 'outland', 'outlander', and 'landscape'.

noun The quality of being outlandish. countable

The outlandishness of his fashion choices always turned heads at parties.

(名词) 怪异;古怪;奇特;荒诞;离奇 【怪异特质】

他时尚选择的怪异总是在聚会上引人注目。

(sustantivo) La cualidad de ser extravagante o estrafalario.

Lo estrafalario de sus elecciones de moda siempre llamaba la atención en las fiestas.

(nom) extravagance; bizarrerie; excentricité; insolite; étrangeté [Caractère de ce qui est extravagant, bizarre ou d'aspect inhabituel.]

L'outlandishness de ses choix vestimentaires attirait toujours les regards lors des soirées.

(Substantiv) Absonderlichkeit; Befremdlichkeit; Exzentrizität [die Eigenschaft, ungewöhnlich, bizarr oder extrem auffällig zu sein; das Abweichen von gängigen Normen oder Erwartungen]

Die **Outlandishness** seiner Modewahl zog auf jeder Party alle Blicke auf sich.

(名詞) 奇抜であること、風変わりな性質。

彼の選ぶファッションの奇抜さは、パーティーでいつも周囲の目を引いた。

(substantivo) extravagância; excentricidade; bizarria; esquisitice [A qualidade de ser extravagante ou excêntrico.]

A extravagância de suas escolhas de moda sempre chamava a atenção nas festas.

Word parts: out + land + ish + ness

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