On 13.10.2007, at 08:59, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
And we also go off on other tangents as well....so, your point is?
strange |strānj| |streɪndʒ| |streɪn(d)ʒ|
adjective
1 unusual or surprising in a way that is unsettling or hard to
understand : children have some strange ideas | he's a very strange
man | [with clause ] it is strange how things change.
2 not previously visited, seen, or encountered; unfamiliar or alien :
she found herself in bed in a strange place | a harsh accent that was
strange to his ears.
• [ predic. ] ( strange to/at/in) archaic unaccustomed to or
unfamiliar with : I am strange to the work.
3 Physics having a nonzero value for strangeness.
PHRASES
feel strange (of a person or part of the body) feel unwell; have
unpleasant sensations : her head still felt strange. • be
uncomfortable or ill at ease in a situation : the family had expected
to feel strange in Stephen's company.
strange to say (or poetic/literary tell) it is surprising or unusual
that : strange to say, I didn't really like carol singers.
DERIVATIVES
strangely |ˌstreɪndʒli| adverb : [as submodifier ] the house was
strangely quiet | [ sentence adverb ] strangely enough, people were
able to perform this task without difficulty.
ORIGIN Middle English : shortening of Old French estrange, from Latin
extraneus ‘external, strange.’
Thesaurus
strange
adjective
1 strange things have been happening unusual, odd, curious, peculiar,
funny, bizarre, weird, uncanny, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar,
atypical, anomalous, out of the ordinary, extraordinary, puzzling,
mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable,
inexplicable, singular, freakish; suspicious, questionable; eerie,
unnatural; informal fishy, bizarro, creepy, spooky. antonym ordinary,
usual.
2 strange clothes weird, eccentric, odd, peculiar, funny, bizarre,
unusual; unconventional, outlandish, freakish, quirky, zany; informal
wacky, way out, freaky, kooky, offbeat, off the wall, screwy, wacko.
antonym normal, conventional.
3 visiting a strange house unfamiliar, unknown, new. antonym familiar.
4 Jean was feeling strange ill, unwell, poorly, peaked; informal
under the weather, funny, peculiar, lousy, off; dated queer. antonym
well.
5 she felt strange with him ill at ease, uneasy, uncomfortable,
awkward, self-conscious. antonym relaxed.
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