FREAKISH

bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre

(adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; “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”

freakish

(adjective) characteristic of a freak; “a freakish extra toe”

capricious, freakish

(adjective) changeable; “a capricious summer breeze”; “freakish weather”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

freakish (comparative more freakish, superlative most freakish)

Resembling a freak.

Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre.

Capricious, unpredictable.

Source: Wiktionary


Freak"ish, a.

Definition: Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious. It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L'Estrange. Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick. Pope.

– Freak"ish*ly, adv.

– Freak"ish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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