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Pronunciation / Transliteration: stram-bo
"Ha un modo di fare piuttosto strambo."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Extremely eccentric, foolish, or slightly crazy.
"She came up with a batty scheme to build a treehouse entirely out of recycled plastic bottles."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'bat' (referring to the nocturnal mammal), combined with the suffix '-y' to denote having the characteristics of. Originating in British colloquial speech in the late 19th century, it metaphorically likens erratic human behavior to the erratic, unpredictable flight patterns of bats.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Batty" is said worldwide
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cinglé
Transliteration: sing-lay
"Il a eu une idée complètement cinglée pour le projet."
verrückt
Transliteration: fer-rukt
"Er hat manchmal ganz verrückte Ideen."
strambo
Transliteration: stram-bo
"Ha un modo di fare piuttosto strambo."
chiflado
Transliteration: chee-flah-doh
"Mi tío está un poco chiflado con sus inventos."
doidivanas
Transliteration: doy-dee-vah-nas
"Ela tem ideias meio doidivanas às vezes."
सठियाया हुआ
Transliteration: sathiyaya hua
"उसका वह विचार पूरी तरह से अजीब था।"
古怪的
Transliteration: gǔguài de
"他总有一些古怪的点子。"
엉뚱한
Transliteration: eongttunghan
"그녀는 가끔 엉뚱한 생각을 한다."
風変わりな
Transliteration: fuugawari na
"彼にはちょっと風変わりなところがある。"
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