# bizarre

Pronunciation: US say "bi-ZAHR" /bɪˈzɑɹ/; UK say "bi-ZAH" /bɪˈzɑː(ɹ)/

## Adjective

1. Strikingly unconventional and highly unusual, often in an extravagant or eye-catching way.
   - Simple: Very strange and unusual, not like anything you normally see.
   - _The artist's bizarre sculptures combined machine parts with living plants._
   - _His behavior at the meeting grew increasingly bizarre as the night wore on._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A carnation whose white petals are striped with two distinct colors.

## Origin

Borrowed from French "bizarre" (odd, peculiar), which formerly meant headlong or angry. It probably comes from Italian "bizzarro."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bizarre (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).