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BIZARRE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Example:
outre and affected stage antics
Synonyms:
bizarre; eccentric; flakey; flaky; freakish; freaky; gonzo; off-the-wall; outlandish; outre
Classified under:
Similar:
unconventional (not conventional or conformist)
Derivation:
bizarreness (strikingly out of the ordinary)
Context examples:
Bizarre mononuclear or multinucleated giant cells are often present.
(Pleomorphic Hepatocellular Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of pleomorphic and bizarre malignant cells that constitute more than 50 percent of the malignant cellular infiltrate.
(Pleomorphic Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic variant of leiomyoma characterized by the presence of pleomorphic muscle cells with bizarre hyperchromatic nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm.
(Bizarre Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive malignant mesenchymal neoplasm characterized by the presence of bizarre round, spindle, and polygonal cells.
(Adult Anaplastic Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The edges of this newly-found vortex appear to be hexagonal, precisely matching a famous and bizarre hexagonal cloud pattern we see deeper down in Saturn's atmosphere.
(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)
As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Dubbed "Yi qi", the fossil was bizarre enough that it divided paleontologist opinion on whether or not the creature had wings.
(Second Bat-Like Dinosaur Discovered in China, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
What's more, the results demonstrate a possible bizarre phenomenon that causes the oceans to "snow upwards."
(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)
I confess that I had not up to now taken a very serious view of the case, which had seemed to me rather grotesque and bizarre than dangerous.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was true, his bizarre judgments troubled her in the moments they were uttered, but she ascribed them to his novelty of type and strangeness of living, and they were soon forgotten.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
