Definition of: strange

(strānj) adjective
1. Previously unknown, unseen, or unheard of; unfamiliar.
2. Not according to the ordinary way; unaccountable; remarkable.
3. Pertaining to another or others; of a different class, character, or kind.
4. Foreign; alien.
5. Distant in manner; reserved; shy.
6. Inexperienced; unskilled; unaccustomed. See synonyms under ALIEN, EXTRAORDINARY, ODD, QUEER, RARE¹.
—adverb Strangely. [<OF estrange <L extraneus foreign <extra on the outside. Doublet of EXTRANEOUS.]
—strange′ly adverb
—strange′·ness noun