"weird and wonderful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪə(ɹ)d ən ˈwʌndə(ɹ)fəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weird and wonderful.wav Forms: more weird and wonderful [comparative], most weird and wonderful [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} weird and wonderful (comparative more weird and wonderful, superlative most weird and wonderful)
  1. Delightfully unusual.
    Sense id: en-weird_and_wonderful-en-adj-gEkY8uC8 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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