bizarreness

Variant of bizarre

adjective

  1. very odd in manner, appearance, etc.; grotesque
  2. marked by extreme contrasts and incongruities of color, design, or style
  3. unexpected and unbelievable; fantastic: a bizarre sequence of events

Origin: Fr < It bizarro, angry, fierce, strange < Sp bold, knightly < Basque bizar, a beard

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