Meanings
- idiomaticuncountableA quality of being peculiar, bizarre, utterly absurd.
2011, Wm. Michael Mott, Pulp Winds Also included is an article on Fortean matters along the lines of the research presented in Caverns, Cauldrons, and Concealed Creatures, Mott's definitive non-fiction opus on high strangeness, hidden beings, and real-life mysteries.
Origin
Introduced by the astronomer Dr. J. Allen Hynek in the 1970s.
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