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Webster 1913 Edition


Outlandish

Out-land′ish

,
Adj.
[AS.
ūtlendisc
foreign. See
Out
,
Land
, and
-ish
.]
1.
Foreign; not native.
[archaic]
Him did
outlandish
women cause to sin.
Neh. xiii. 26.
Its barley water and its
outlandish
wines.
G. W. Cable.
Something
outlandish
, unearthy, or at variance with ordinary fashion.
Hawthorne.
–
Out-land′ish-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Outlandish

OUTLAND'ISH

, a.
1.
Foreign; not native.
Nevertheless, even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Neh. 13.
2.
Born or produced in the interior country, or among rude people; hence, vulgar; rustic; rude; clownish. [This is the sense in which the word is among us most generally used.]