- way-out adj
- [ˌweɪ'aʊt]
fam eccentrico (-a)
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way-out adj
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way-out — adj informal very modern, unusual, and strange … Dictionary of contemporary English
way-out — adj informal very modern, unusual, and strange … Dictionary of contemporary English
way-out — way′ out′ adj. Informal. inf exotic or esoteric in character • Etymology: 1950–55 … From formal English to slang
way-out — /way owt /, adj. Informal. 1. advanced in style or technique: way out jazz. 2. exotic or esoteric in character: way out theories on nutrition. [1950 55; adj. use of way out far off; see WAY2, OUT] * * * … Universalium
way-out — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone or something as way out, you are critical of them because they are very unusual, often in a way that is very modern or fashionable. [INFORMAL] They will not allow your more way out ideas to pass… … English dictionary
way-out — ☆ way out [wā′out′ ] adj. Informal unconventional, experimental, nonconformist, esoteric, etc … English World dictionary
way-out — adjective informal terms; strikingly unconventional • Syn: ↑far out, ↑kinky, ↑offbeat, ↑quirky • Similar to: ↑unconventional • Derivationally related forms: ↑quirk … Useful english dictionary
way-out — adj Informal. 1. advanced, progressive, avant garde, forward looking, ahead of its time; original, novel, unique, new; imaginative, creative, unconventional, unorthodox, Inf. far out; modern, ultramodern, modernistic; exploratory, experimental,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
way-out — adj extreme, excessive, exotic, eccentric. A vogue term first among pre World War II jazz aficionados, later among beatniks. The phrase was picked up by more con ventional speakers to refer to unorthodox behaviour and has become a fairly com mon … Contemporary slang
way-out — Adj. Unusual, unconventional, avant garde … English slang and colloquialisms
way — (n.) O.E. weg road, path, course of travel, from P.Gmc. *wegaz (Cf. O.S., Du. weg, O.N. vegr, O.Fris. wei, O.H.G. weg, Ger. Weg, Goth. wigs way ), from PIE *wegh to move (see WEIGH (Cf … Etymology dictionary
