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Where does “bizarre” come from?

bizarre (French) comes from Italian bizzarro — odd, queer, eccentric, bizarre, weird; frisky.

bizarre (French): bizarre, odd; peculiar, quaint

Definitions

  1. bizarre, odd; peculiar, quaint

Ancestry of “bizarre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbizzarroodd, queer, eccentric, bizarre, weird; frisky

Words derived from “bizarre”

  • bizarre
  • bizarrely
  • bizarreness
  • bizarro
  • unbizarre
  • bizarrement
  • zarbi
  • bizarroïde
  • bizar
  • bisarr
  • bisarr
  • bizarr
  • bisarr
  • bizarre
  • bizar
  • biezar
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