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weird
What does weird mean?
weird (adjective): having an unusually strange character or behavior.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where does weird come from?
From Middle English werde, wierde, wirde, wyrede, wurde, from Old English wyrd (“fate”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to weird
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “weird” mean?
of considerable or relatively great size or extent
Not quite: that's what large means.
elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional
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having an unusually strange character or behavior
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happening at constant (especially short) intervals
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