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unstrange en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English unstraunge, equivalent to un- + strange.

Meanings

1. Not strange.
   • What’s more, “it did so in a notably unstrange manner.” 2007 February 18, Kathryn Harrison, “Lives in the Arts”, in New York Times:

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Deriveds

unstrangeness

Synonyms

unstrange · expected · standard · everyday · normal · commonplace · ordinary · workaday · par · basic · plain · mundane · quotidian · natural · unexceptional · plain vanilla · vulgar · consistent · common-and-garden · garden variety · unremarkable · mundane · typical · customary · par for the course · conventional · ordinary · run-of-the-mill · improminent · average · routine · medial · common-or-garden · usual · wakeaday · regular · bog-standard · common · typical · congruent · standard issue

unstrange en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From un- + strange.

Meanings

1. (rare, transitive) To remove the strangeness from; to make less strange; make familiar.
   • Most specifically, to make visible is to unstrange what was once unknown into a series of knowable components, which the viewer's eye can then use to identify parts as one builds the whole. 2021, Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Mediated Narration in the Digital Age: Storying the Media World:
   • When I was with you, I forgot about Mum and it made me less strange. It unstranged me. 2018, Julia Prendergast, The Earth Does Not Get Fat, page 29:

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