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      strange
      noun
      (slang, uncountable) Sex outside of one's current relationship.
      (particle physics, countable) A strange quark.
      A surname.
      A community in King township, Ontario, Canada, named after Frederick William Strange.
      verb
      (obsolete, transitive) To alienate; to estrange.
      (obsolete, intransitive) To be estranged or alienated.
      (obsolete, intransitive) To wonder; to be astonished at (something).
      adjective
      Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
      Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
      (slang, of sex, genitals, etc) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
      (particle physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
      (mathematics) Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
      (law) Not belonging to one.
      (obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.
      (obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.
      (obsolete) Backward; slow.
      (obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
      Roots
      extraneusstrang- · Latin · foreign, outside
      Synonyms for strange
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      Words related to strange
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