strangeness

noun

strange·​ness ˈstrānj-nəs How to pronounce strangeness (audio)
1
: the quality or state of being strange
2
: the flavor characterizing a strange quark

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Which isn’t to say this strangeness is entirely absent from The City and Its Uncertain Walls. Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024 To write well is to name pain with beauty and strangeness. Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 27 June 2024 The series advertises itself as a close look at a big figure—McMahon, in all his muscular strangeness. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024 The traveler is often captive to the slow-moving, and the marvelous, and the memorable, in strangeness. Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strangeness 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of strangeness was in the 14th century

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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangeness. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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