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freakish

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːkɪʃ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English freak Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English freakish From freak + -ish.

  1. Resembling a freak.
  2. Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre.

    It was a realy freakish accident that claimed many lives.

    In all this series there is an almost freakish tendency toward the development of characters usually regarded as generic, as a result of which most of the genera have only one known species each.

  3. Capricious, unpredictable.

    What freakish weather we are having lately in these parts.