strangeness

n.

US //ˈstɹeɪndʒnəs// UK //stɹˈeɪndʒnəs// strange·ness

Origin

From Middle English straungenesse; equivalent to strange + -ness.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Idioms1 entry

01
high strangeness
A quality of being peculiar, bizarre, utterly absurd.

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