Freakishness

Freakishness
Freakish Freak"ish, a. Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious. [1913 Webster]

It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]

Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick. --Pope.

2. rapidly changing and unpredictable; as, freakish weather. [PJC]

3. markedly abnormal.

Syn: freaky. [PJC] -- {Freak"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Freak"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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