strange

strange

1. Not previously known; unfamiliar.
2. a. Out of the ordinary; unusual or striking.
   b. Differing from the normal.
3. Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; exotic.
4. a. Reserved in manner; distant.
   b. Not comfortable or at ease; constrained.
5. Not accustomed or conditioned: She was strange to her new duties.
6. Archaic Of, relating to, or characteristic of another place or part of the world; foreign.

Origin: Middle English, from Old French estrange, extraordinary, foreign, from Latin extrāneus, adventitious, foreign, from extrā, outside, from feminine ablative of exter, outward; see eghs in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

• strangely strangeˈly adverb