Strange (?), a.
[Compar. Stranger (?);
superl. Strangest (?).] [OE. estrange,
F. étrange, fr. L. extraneus that is without,
external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra,
and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.] 1.
Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek
strange strands." Chaucer.
One of the strange queen's lords.
Shak.
I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and
divers tongues.
Ascham.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Not according to the common way; novel;
odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "He is
sick of a strange fever." Shak.
Sated at length, erelong I might perceive
Strange alteration in me.
Milton.
5. Reserved; distant in deportment.
Shak.
She may be strange and shy at first, but will
soon learn to love thee.
Hawthorne.
6. Backward; slow. [Obs.]
Who, loving the effect, would not be strange
In favoring the cause.
Beau. & Fl.
7. Not familiar; unaccustomed;
inexperienced.
In thy fortunes am unlearned and
strange.
Shak.
&fist; Strange is often used as an exclamation.
Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the
snow
High on the Alps, or in deep caves below.
Waller.
Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown
vessel. -- Strange woman (Script.),
a harlot. Prov. v. 3. -- To make it
strange. (a) To assume ignorance,
suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. Shak.
(b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.]
Chaucer. -- To make strange, To make
one's self strange. (a) To profess
ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the
character of a stranger. Gen. xlii. 7.
Syn. -- Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing;
marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric.
Strange, adv. Strangely.
[Obs.]
Most strange, but yet most truly, will I
speak.
Shak.
Strange, v. t. To alienate; to
estrange. [Obs.]
Strange, v. i. 1.
To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.]
2. To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.]
Glanvill.
Strange (?), a.
[Compar. Stranger (?);
superl. Strangest (?).] [OE. estrange,
F. étrange, fr. L. extraneus that is without,
external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra,
and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.] 1.
Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek
strange strands." Chaucer.
One of the strange queen's lords.
Shak.
I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and
divers tongues.
Ascham.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Not according to the common way; novel;
odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "He is
sick of a strange fever." Shak.
Sated at length, erelong I might perceive
Strange alteration in me.
Milton.
5. Reserved; distant in deportment.
Shak.
She may be strange and shy at first, but will
soon learn to love thee.
Hawthorne.
6. Backward; slow. [Obs.]
Who, loving the effect, would not be strange
In favoring the cause.
Beau. & Fl.
7. Not familiar; unaccustomed;
inexperienced.
In thy fortunes am unlearned and
strange.
Shak.
&fist; Strange is often used as an exclamation.
Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the
snow
High on the Alps, or in deep caves below.
Waller.
Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown
vessel. -- Strange woman (Script.),
a harlot. Prov. v. 3. -- To make it
strange. (a) To assume ignorance,
suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. Shak.
(b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.]
Chaucer. -- To make strange, To make
one's self strange. (a) To profess
ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the
character of a stranger. Gen. xlii. 7.
Syn. -- Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing;
marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric.
Strange, adv. Strangely.
[Obs.]
Most strange, but yet most truly, will I
speak.
Shak.
Strange, v. t. To alienate; to
estrange. [Obs.]
Strange, v. i. 1.
To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.]
2. To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.]
Glanvill.
