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weirdo

noun

  1. eccentric person
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪə.dəʊ/ / /ˈwɪəɹ.doʊ/

adj

Etymology: From weird + -o (“person with characteristic”). First attested in the early 1950s, in American English. The similar word weirdie (“odd, unconventional person”) is attested from earlier, in 1887; in Scottish English.

  1. Weird.

    What's going on in this weirdo town?

noun

Etymology: From weird + -o (“person with characteristic”). First attested in the early 1950s, in American English. The similar word weirdie (“odd, unconventional person”) is attested from earlier, in 1887; in Scottish English.

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