strange, unknown
(adjective) not known before; “used many strange words”; “saw many strange faces in the crowd”; “don’t let anyone unknown into the house”
strange, unusual
(adjective) being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; “a strange exaltation that was indefinable”; “a strange fantastical mind”; “what a strange sense of humor she has”
foreign, strange
(adjective) relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; “foreign nations”; “a foreign accent”; “on business in a foreign city”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
strange (comparative stranger, superlative strangest)
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
(physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
(math) Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
(obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.
(obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.
(obsolete) Backward; slow.
(obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
(legal) Not belonging to one.
• (not normal): See strange
• (not part of one's experience): new, unfamiliar, unknown
• (not normal): everyday, normal, regular (especially US), standard, usual, unsurprising
• (not part of one's experience): familiar, known
strange (third-person singular simple present stranges, present participle stranging, simple past and past participle stranged)
(obsolete, transitive) To alienate; to estrange.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be estranged or alienated.
(obsolete, intransitive) To wonder; to be astonished (at something).
strange (uncountable)
(slang, uncountable) vagina
• Sargent, Stagner, Stanger, argents, garnets, gerants, rangest
Strange
A surname.
• Sargent, Stagner, Stanger, argents, garnets, gerants, rangest
Source: Wiktionary
Strange, a. [Compar. Stranger; superl. Strangest.] Etym: [OE. estrange, F. Ă©trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.]
1. Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek strange strands." Chaucer. One of the strange queen's lords. Shak. I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. Ascham.
2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic. So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. Sir J. Davies.
3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new. Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. Shak.
4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "He is sick of a strange fever." Shak. Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. Milton.
5. Reserved; distant in deportment. Shak. She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. Hawthorne.
6. Backward; slow. [Obs.] Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. Beau. & Fl.
7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced. In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. Shak.
Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation. Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. Waller. Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown vessel.
– Strange woman (Script.), a harlot. Prov. v. 3.
– To make it strange. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
– To make strange, To make one's self strange. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. Gen. xlii. 7.
Syn.
– Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric.
Strange, adv.
Definition: Strangely. [Obs.] Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak. Shak.
Strange, v. t.
Definition: To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]
Strange, v. i.
1. To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.]
2. To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.] Glanvill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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.
