| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bi·zarre |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -zär |
| ADJECTIVE: | Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd. See synonyms at fantastic. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Spanish bizarro, brave, probably from Basque bizar, beard. | | OTHER FORMS: | bi·zarrely —ADVERB
bi·zarreness —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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