adj.
- unusual or surprising.
▸slightly or undefinably unwell or ill at ease.
- not previously visited, seen, or encountered.
▸
(strange to/at/in)
archaic unaccustomed to or unfamiliar with.
- Physics having a non-zero value for strangeness.
Phrase
- strange to say
(or tell)
it is surprising or unusual that.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: shortening of OFr. estrange, from L. extraneus ‘external, strange’.