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bizarre

/bəˈzɑɹ/

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What does bizarre mean?

adjective

  1. Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

noun

  1. A carnation having stripes of two distinct colours on the white petals.
  2. A tulip with a certain pattern of various colored stripes.

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IPA pronunciation

/bəˈzɑɹ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/bɪˈzɑɹ/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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I own that for a time I was struck dumb by the bizarre associations of yard-arms and window-panes.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
Is there, then, no distinction or difference between the most hide-bound conventionalists and the most brilliant and bizarre innovators?
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #1717
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As a leisure-class usage of this kind we have, particularly, that bizarre survival of bellicose chivalry, the German student duel.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833
Every bizarre effect that could result from the random intertwining of watering-place glitter with the grand solemnity of a heath, was to be found in her.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122