noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being weird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
weirdness
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈwɪɚdnəs/
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CMU ARPABET: W IH1 R D N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being weird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
strikingly out of the ordinary
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outlandishness, bizarreness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unfamiliarity, strangeness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English weird Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English weirdness From weird + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Turkish: gariplik — state or quality of being weird
- Turkish: tuhaflık — state or quality of being weird