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unusual

adj
/ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/

Etymology

From un- + usual.

  1. derived from *h₃eyt-✻
  2. derived from ūsuālis — “for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”
  3. derived from usuel
  4. inherited from usual
  5. formed as unusual — “un- + usual”

Definitions

  1. Not usual, out of the ordinary.

    • Every once in a while, though, Idol comes across an unusual talent who just blows everyone away.
    • It’s definitely not unusual for a couple to meet through friends or be set up on a date.
    • His behavior was unusual in that it was considered childish for a man of his age.

  2. Something that is unusual

    Something that is unusual; an anomaly.

    • I should say that it was very unusual for such men to leave a bottle half empty. How do all these unusuals strike you, Watson?
    • Two of these unusuals have been selected for special effort throughout the season. They are kneeling pads and water-proof garden gloves. During the bulb planting season they are displayed with the bulbs […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unusual. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01unusual02anomaly03exceptional04rare05uncommon06exceptionally07remarkable

A definitional loop anchored at unusual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at unusual

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA