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strange (strānj)
adj. strang·er, strang·est
1.
a. Not previously known; unfamiliar: saw lots of strange faces at the reception; heard music that was strange to me.
b. Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native: came across a flower that was strange to the region.
2.
Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar: Events took a strange twist last week.
3.
a. Reserved in manner; distant or cool: The once affable man slowly became strange to his friends.
b. Not comfortable or at ease: I felt strange and out of place at the party because I didn't know any of the guests.
Not accustomed or conditioned: She was strange to her new duties.
Physics Of, relating to, or exhibiting strangeness.
adv.
In a strange manner: He's been acting strange lately.
[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.]
strange (adj.)
late 13c., straunge, "from elsewhere, foreign, unknown, unfamiliar, not belonging to the place where found," from Old French estrange "foreign, alien, unusual, unfamiliar, curious; distant; inhospitable; estranged, separated" (Anglo-French estraunge, strange, straunge; Modern French étrange), from Latin extraneus "foreign, external, from without" (source also of Italian strano "strange, foreign," Spanish extraño), from extra "outside of" (see extra-). In early use also strounge. The surname Lestrange is attested from late 12c.