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    outlandish

    outlandish - Dictionary definition and meaning for word outlandish

    Definition
    (adj) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
    Example Sentence
    • restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit
    • famed for his eccentric spelling
    • a freakish combination of styles
    • his off-the-wall antics
    • the outlandish clothes of teenagers
    • outre and affected stage antics
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for outlandish

out+landish => the one who is from some other land. Means unconventional and bizarre to our land.

divide it like out+land(ish)..so THINK OF SOMEONE WHO IS OUT of his land..means..someone who is not living in his own land..means living in a foriegn country.

Watch the movie OUTLANDER then you wont forget the word.

outlandish..IS ALSO A NAME OF musical band.(IN DENMARK)& the kind of songs that they compose are unique to people and the lyrics has their origin from many langueges this is what makeS the album OUT OF ORDINARY ALBUMS..hence..BIZZARE.

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OUT+LANDISH...FOCUS ON landish..very close to lavish..so a lavish spender always exceed the limit ....hence unconventional...to many people.

OUT + LAND -> came from a different land, alien, peculiar.

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