Bizarre Definition
bĭ-zär
adjective
bizarrest
Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way.
American Heritage
Very odd in manner, appearance, etc.; grotesque.
Webster's New World
Marked by extreme contrasts and incongruities of color, design, or style.
Webster's New World
Unexpected and unbelievable; fantastic.
A bizarre sequence of events.
Webster's New World
Strangely unconventional in style or appearance.
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Other Word Forms of Bizarre
Adjective
Base Form:
bizarre
Superlative:
bizarrestOrigin of Bizarre
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From French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre, formerly headlong, angry”). Either from Basque bizar, "a beard" (the notion being that bearded Spanish soldiers made a strange impression on the French) or from Italian bizzarro.
From Wiktionary
French from Italian bizzarro extravagant, bizarre from Old Italian angry bizza fit of anger perhaps of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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