Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high strangeness

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: high- s-trangeness
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quality of being peculiar, bizarre, utterly absurd.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2011, Wm. Michael Mott, Pulp Winds Also included is an article on Fortean matters along the lines of the research presented in Caverns, Cauldrons, and Concealed Creatures, Mott's definitive non-fiction opus on high strangeness, hidden beings, and real-life mysteries."

Etymology

Introduced by the astronomer Dr. J. Allen Hynek in the 1970s.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does high strangeness mean?: A quality of being peculiar, bizarre, utterly absurd.
Where does high strangeness come from?: Introduced by the astronomer Dr. J. Allen Hynek in the 1970s.

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