strange
/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ adjective A1- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation. · He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.
- Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience. · I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
- Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
- Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- Not belonging to one.
Comparative stranger · Superlative strangest
From the library
The strangest things are there for me,
And shields a stranger race.
I’ll try and say ‘_How doth the little_—’” and she crossed her hands on her lap as if she were saying lessons, and began to repeat it, but her voice sounded hoarse and strange, and the words did not come the same as they used to do:—
It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at first; but she got used to it in a few minutes, and began talking to herself, as usual.
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