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語源

From weird +‎ -o (“person with characteristic”). First attested in the early 1950s, in American English. The similar word weirdie (“odd, unconventional person”) is attested from earlier, in 1887; in Scottish English.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈwɪə.dəʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈwɪəɹ.doʊ/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ)dəʊ

名詞

weirdo (plural weirdoes or weirdos)

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

同意語

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

派生語

参考

形容詞

weirdo (not comparable)

1. 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:

アナグラム

• rowdie, wordie