Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A strange or eccentric person.

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  • noun slang A strange, odd, eccentric person.
  • noun slang An insane, possibly dangerous person.

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  • noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
  • noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

Etymologies

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From weird +‎ -o.

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  • Wordie, scrambled

    August 1, 2007

  • Or not so scrambled.... ;->

    August 1, 2007

  • An apposite anagram, according to Mrs Yarb.

    March 18, 2008