"weirdo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪədəʊ/ [UK], /ˈwɪəɹdoʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-weirdo.ogg [US] Forms: weirdoes [plural], weirdos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)dəʊ Etymology: weird + -o (“person with characteristic”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|weird|o|t2=person with characteristic}} weird + -o (“person with characteristic”) Head templates: {{en-noun|es|s}} weirdo (plural weirdoes or weirdos)
  1. (informal) A strange, odd, eccentric person. Tags: informal Synonyms (strange person): strange person Translations (strange person): чудак (čudak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), особняк (osobnjak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 騎呢怪 (Chinese Cantonese), 骑呢怪 (ke⁴ le⁴ gwaai³) (Chinese Cantonese), podivín [masculine] (Czech), hurluberlu (French), loufoque (French), zarbi (French), Exzentriker [masculine] (German), Spinner [masculine] (German), παράξενος (paráxenos) [masculine] (Greek), ανώμαλος (anómalos) [masculine] (Greek), különc (Hungarian), furðufugl [masculine] (Icelandic), cudakka (Ingrian), strambo (Italian), 変な人 (hen na hito) (Japanese), чу́дак (čúdak) [masculine] (Macedonian), porowairangi (Maori), dziwak [masculine] (Polish), cudak [masculine] (Polish), esquisito [masculine] (Portuguese), чуда́к (čudák) (Russian), baoghal [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), чудак [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), čudak [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), excéntrico [masculine] (Spanish), bicho raro [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-weirdo-en-noun-IfUH0OVS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -o Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'strange person': 76 24 Disambiguation of 'strange person': 76 24
  2. (informal) An insane, possibly dangerous person. Tags: informal Synonyms (insane person): mad person
    Sense id: en-weirdo-en-noun-dI40nz~r Disambiguation of 'insane person': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): People Derived forms: queerdo Related terms: oddball, rando, sicko, wingnut
Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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