Strange
a.
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Belonging to another country; foreign.
One of the strange queen's lords.
I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues.
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Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
So she, impatient her own faults to see,
Turns from herself, and in strange things delights.
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Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.
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Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer.
Sated at length, erelong I might perceive
Strange alteration in me.
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Reserved; distant in deportment.
She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee.
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Backward; slow. [Obs.]
Who, loving the effect, would not be strange
In favoring the cause.
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Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange.
Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow
High on the Alps, or in deep caves below.
Phrases & Compounds
- Strange sail
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an unknown vessel.
- Strange woman
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a harlot.
- To make it strange
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To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it
- To make strange
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To profess ignorance or astonishment