Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day is
outlandish
pronounced out-LAN-dish
an adjective meaning strikingly strange or unusual
or, as listed in the dictionary,
1 : of or relating to another country : FOREIGN
2 a : strikingly out of the ordinary : BIZARRE
2 b : exceeding proper or reasonable limits or standards
3 : remote from civilization
The side-eye that skeptical sorts cast toward visitors from parts yonder is embedded in the history of the ancient word outlandish. In Old English someone described as “outlandish” came from an outland, i.e., a foreign land. Within a few hundred years, outlandish had broadened in use to describe anything unfamiliar or strange. It’s now commonly applied to things—especially things people do, wear, or say—that are strikingly out of the ordinary.
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