Question 1 · Quick check
bizarre
CEFRB2
/bɪˈzɑː(ɹ)/
adjective · noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailAny of several types of flower with stripes of various colours., A carnation having stripes of two distinct colours on the white petals.
Examples
This is one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen.
It's a very bizarre animal.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningStrangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.
noun
Extra meaningsAny of several types of flower with stripes of various colours.
A carnation having stripes of two distinct colours on the white petals.
More examples
In contextThat was a bizarre adventure!
[…]no, the abjectly unheroic nature of the death,—that was the sting,—that and the bizarre wording of the resulting obituary: “Shot with a rock, on a raft.”
West Brom enjoyed more possession as the half progressed and were handed a penalty of their own in the 21st minute in bizarre circumstances.
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Origin
adjective
Borrowed from French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre”, formerly “headlong, angry”), then either from Italian bizzarro (“weird, eccentric, frisky”) or, less likely, from Basque bizar (literally “beard”, from the notion that bearded Spanish soldiers made a strange impression on the French).