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bizarre

/bɪˈzɑɹ/ adjective B2
  1. Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way. · That was a bizarre adventure!

Comparative bizarrer · Superlative bizarrest

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When it comes to beating the subjects in the dissecting-rooms with a stick, it is certainly taking rather a bizarre shape.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 6 · B2
“I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 1 · B2
“As a rule,” said Holmes, “the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 18 · B2
He briefly pictured a bizarre cartoon creature made entirely of giant listening ears.
Lost in Translation, p. 1 · B2

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