outlandish

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is derived from Middle English outlandisch, outlondish (“foreign”), from Old English ūtlendisċ (“foreign; strange, outlandish”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtlandisk, from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandiskaz, from *ūtlandą (“(adjective) alien, foreign; relating to outlying land; (noun) foreign land; outlying land”) + *-iskaz (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘characteristic of; pertaining to’). *Ūtlandą is derived from *ūt- (suffix meaning ‘beyond; external to, on the outside of’) (from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“away; out, outward; upwards”)) + *landą (“area of ground, land”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“heath; land”)). By surface analysis, outland +‎ -ish. The noun is derived from the adjective. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/, [ˌaʊ̯t-] (General American) IPA(key): /ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/, [ˌaʊ̯t-], [-ˈlɛən-] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌæɔtˈlændɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ændɪʃ Hyphenation: out‧land‧ish === Adjective === outlandish (comparative more outlandish, superlative most outlandish) (archaic) Of or from a foreign country; not indigenous or native; alien, foreign. Synonyms: non-native; see also Thesaurus:foreign Antonyms: inlandish, unoutlandish; see also Thesaurus:native (by extension) Appearing to be foreign; strange, unfamiliar. Greatly different from common experience; bizarre, outrageous, strange. [from late 16th c.] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strange Antonyms: unoutlandish; see also Thesaurus:normal (derogatory) Of a place: far away from where most people are located; in the middle of nowhere, out of the way, remote. Synonyms: in the boondocks; see also Thesaurus:distant Antonyms: see Thesaurus:near ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === outlandish (obsolete) A foreign language. === References === === Further reading === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “outlandish”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.