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fremd

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Adj — Odd or unfamiliar; not what you would expect.

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1. adj

Odd or unfamiliar; not what you would expect.

“Something fremd has been going on here.”

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2. adj

Not related by family; coming from elsewhere.

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Etymology

Came into English from Middle English fremde, fremede ("strange, foreign"), which developed from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe ("foreign, strange"), from Proto-West Germanic *framiþī, from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz ("foreign, not one's own"). It is cognate with Scots fremmit, frempt ("fremd"), West Frisian frjemd...

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