weirdo

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪədəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪəɹdoʊ/
- Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)dəʊ

Noun

weirdo (plural weirdoes or weirdos)

(informal, chiefly derogatory) A strange, odd, eccentric person.
(informal, chiefly derogatory) An insane, possibly dangerous person.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

strange person

Bulgarian: чудак (bg) m (čudak), особняк (bg) m (osobnjak)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 騎呢怪 / 骑呢怪 (ke⁴ le⁴ gwaai³)
Czech: podivín (cs) m
Finnish: härö (fi)
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
Ingrian: cudakka
Italian: strambo (it)
Japanese: 変な人 (hen na hito)
Macedonian: чу́дак m (čúdak)
Maori: porowairangi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: raring m
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, bicho raro m, rarito m, anormal (es) m or f

See also

Adjective

weirdo (not comparable)

Weird.
- 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Twilight Town:
  What's going on in this weirdo town?
- 2019 December 8, Neal McCluskey, “Here’s The Trump Administration’s Weirdo Plan For The Student Aid Crisis”, in The National Interest‎^[1]:

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