The adjective strange comes from Latin word extraneus, meaning “foreign” or “external.” If someone approaches you speaking with a strange accent, it means you can't identify where the person is from, not that he or she is odd or weird — the newer meaning of strange.
Etymology. From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus (“that which is on the outside”). Doublet of extraneous and estrange. Cognate with French étrange (“strange, foreign”) and Spanish extraño (“strange, foreign”).
Origin of xeno-
Combining form of Greek xénos stranger, guest (noun); alien, foreign, strange (adj.)
strange (adj.)
Sense of "queer, surprising" is attested from c. 1300, also "aloof, reserved, distant; estranged." In nuclear physics, from 1956.
Middle English strange "foreign," from early French estrange (same meaning), from Latin extraneus, literally, "external, coming from the outside," from extra "outside" — related to extra-
adjective. 1. odd, unusual, or extraordinary in appearance, effect, manner, etc; peculiar. 2. not known, seen, or experienced before; unfamiliar.
/streɪndʒ/ (stranger, strangest) 1unusual or surprising, especially in a way that is difficult to understand A strange thing happened this morning.
The Oldest Word in the World. It is believed the first spoken word was “Aa,” which meant hey. “Aa” is thought to have first been spoken by an australopithecine in Ethiopia over a million years ago.
“Bonkers” is a universally understood British slang term meaning strange, bizarre, crazy or weird.
In Ancient Greek mythology, Maniae or Mania (Ancient Greek: Μανίαι/Μανία, romanized: Maniae/Mania) are the spirits personifying insanity, madness, and crazed frenzy.
Ancient Greek
From ἀγνώς (agnṓs, “unknown, ignorant”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Greek "θεός " (theos) means god in English. It is often connected with Greek "θέω" (theō), "run", and "θεωρέω" (theoreō), "to look at, to see, to observe", Latin feriae "holidays", fanum "temple", and also Armenian di-k` "gods".
My character wound up being named Dr. Strange because he would appear in Strange Tales." In a 1963 letter to Jerry Bails, Lee called the character Ditko's idea, saying: Well, we have a new character in the works for Strange Tales (just a 5-page filler named Dr. Strange) Steve Ditko is gonna draw him.
According to Marvel canon, Strange was born in 1930 while his parents were vacationing in Philadelphia. The character, created by Steve Ditko, made his first appearance in Strange Tales #110 in 1963. Strange is one of 50 Marvel heroes to be featured on the covers of the inaugural issue of 'U.S. Avengers.
Opposite of unusual or out of the ordinary. ordinary. usual. normal. conventional.
Strange can have a negative connotation, particularly when we're talking about people. Collins English Dictionary gives one definition of strange as “something that is unusual or unexpected, and makes you feel slightly nervous or afraid.”
oddity. odd bod (British) odd duck. odd fish. queerdo (vulgar, derogatory)
Scientists at the University of Reading have discovered that 'I', 'we', 'who' and the numbers '1', '2' and '3' are amongst the oldest words, not only in English, but across all Indo-European languages.
Mother, bark and spit are some of the oldest known words, say researchers. Continue reading → Mother, bark and spit are just three of 23 words that researchers believe date back 15,000 years, making them the oldest known words.
According to a 2009 study by researchers at Reading University, the oldest words in the English language include “I“, “we“, “who“, “two” and “three“, all of which date back tens of thousands of years.
(obsolete, transitive) To alienate; to estrange. (obsolete, intransitive) To be estranged or alienated. (obsolete, intransitive) To wonder; to be astonished (at something).
She's been acting very strangely lately. The house was strangely quiet. Strangely enough, I don't feel at all nervous.
Something that is strange is unusual or unexpected, and makes you feel slightly nervous or afraid. Then a strange thing happened. There was something strange about the flickering blue light. Synonyms: odd, unusual, curious, weird More Synonyms of strange. strangely adverb.