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bizarreness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bɪˈzɑː.nəs/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /bɪˈzɑɹ.nəs/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English bizarre 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 bizarreness From bizarre + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being bizarre.
   • The room's bizarreness was underscored by the massive rubber duck serving as a conference table.
   • Here doctors confront diseases that are obscure and vaguely medieval, the triumph over them further romanticized by the sheer bizarreness of the challenge. 2007 June 18, Ginia Bellafante, “Doctor, Give Me the News, and Sew Me Up Pretty”, in New York Times:
   • Using block data from the 2000 census, Miller and Chambers have computed bizarreness for the congressional districts of Connecticut, Maryland, and New Hampshire. 2009 February 13, Barry Cipra, “JOINT MATHEMATICS MEETINGS: Can Mathematics Map the Way Toward Less-Bizarre Elections?”, in Science, volume 323, number 5916, →DOI:
2. (countable, usually) The result or product of being bizarre.

Forms

Relateds

bizarrely · bizarre

Synonyms

bizarrerie · bizarrity

Translations (1)

es bizarría (Translations)