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Webster 1913 Edition

Bizarre

Bi-zarre′

,

Adj.

[F.

bizarre

odd, fr. Sp.

bizarro

gallant, brave, liberal, prob. of Basque origin; cf. Basque

bizarra

beard, whence the meaning

manly

,

brave

.]

Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque.

C. Kingsley.