weirdo

English

Etymology

weird +‎ -o (“person with characteristic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪədəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪəɹdoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)dəʊ

Noun

weirdo (plural weirdoes or weirdos)

1. (slang) A strange, odd, eccentric person.
2. (slang) An insane, possibly dangerous person.

Synonyms

• (strange person): See Thesaurus:strange person
• (insane person): See Thesaurus:mad person

Derived terms

• queerdo

Translations

strange person

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 騎呢怪／骑呢怪, 骑呢怪 (ke⁴ le⁴ gwaai³)

• Czech: podivín m
• French: hurluberlu (fr), loufoque (fr), zarbi (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Exzentriker (de) m, Spinner (de) m
• Greek: παράξενος (el) m (paráxenos), ανώμαλος (el) m (anómalos)
• Hungarian: különc (hu)
• Icelandic: furðufugl (is) m
• Italian: strambo (it)
• Japanese: 変な人 (hen na hito)
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• Maori: porowairangi
• Polish: dziwak (pl) m, cudak (pl) m
• Portuguese: esquisito (pt) m
• Russian: чуда́к (ru) (čudák)
• Scottish Gaelic: baoghal m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чудак

  Roman: čudak (sh)

• Spanish: excéntrico (es) m

See also

• oddball
• wingnut
• rando
• sicko

Anagrams

• rowdie, wordie