bizarre

/bə-ˈzär/

French, from Italian bizzarro

adjective

  1. strikingly out of the ordinary: such as

  2. odd, extravagant, or eccentric in style or mode

  3. involving sensational contrasts or incongruities

His behavior was bizarre.

fantastic bizarre grotesque mean conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality. fantastic may connote extravagance in conception or ingenuity of decorative invention. bizarre applies to the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination.

noun

  1. a flower with atypical striped marking