01 a. Belonging to another country; foreign.
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Belonging to another country; foreign.“One of the strange queen's lords.” — Shak.“I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues.” — Ascham.
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Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.“So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights.” — Sir J. Davies.
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Not before known, heard, or seen; new.“Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.” — Shak.
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Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer.“Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me.” — Milton.
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Reserved; distant in deportment.“She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee.” — Hawthorne.
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Backward; slow.[Obs.]“Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause.” — Beau. & Fl.
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Phrases & compounds
Strange sail —
an unknown vessel.
Strange woman —
a harlot.
To make it strange —
To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it
To make strange —
To profess ignorance or astonishment