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“strange”
strange (adjective), stranger, strangest; more strange, most strange
1. Relating to what is different from what is usual, normal, or expected: While Jill was walking in the forest with Jim, they saw a strange creature which frightened them.
Andrea had a strange feeling when the phone rang and woke her up at 2 a.m.
Strange as it may seem, Jerome doesn't like to walk barefooted on the grass.
2. A reference to something that is not being known, heard, or seen before: Jane's new acquaintance spoke a language that was strange to her.When Frank's family went on a trip, they arrived in a strange town which they had never encountered before.
3. Etymology: from Latin extraneus, "foreign, unfamiliar, external, from without; outside" and then via French, in which the Latin x sound was changed to an -s sound.
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extra, extra-, extro-, extr-, exter-
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“strange”
(Greek: different, of or belonging to another; foreign, strange; abnormal; perverse)
(Greek > Latin: foreign, strange, outlandish)
(Greek: foreign, foreigner; alien; different; extraneous; strange, stranger; and by extension, guest)