All 3 Uses of
bizarre
in
The Great Gatsby
- I lived at West Egg, the — well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.
p. 5.4 *bizarre = unusual
- Fifty feet from the door a dozen headlights illuminated a bizarre and tumultuous scene.
p. 53.5bizarre = exceedingly odd or unusual
- So he was aware of the bizarre accusations that flavored conversation in his halls.
p. 65.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(bizarre as in: is bizarre) exceedingly odd or unusual
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Bizarre can also refer to a marketplace -- especially in the Middle East.