strangeness

strangeness
subs.
Novelty: P. καινότης, ἡ.
Oddness: Ar. and P. ἀ̆τοπία, ἡ.
My son, what ails you? what is the meaning of this strangen? V. ὦ παῖ τί πάσχεις; τίς ὁ τρόπος ξενώσεως τῆσδε; (Eur. H.F. 965).

STRANGENESS

by circumlocution with the adjective.

strangeness:

1. insŏlentia (unusualness): s. of diction, i. orationis, Cic. Br. 82, 284.

2. nŏvĭtas: v. NOVELTY. More freq. expr. by adj.: there was a s. about his manners, as if he were not quite himself, *mores ejus inusitati aliquid habebant, tanquam qui mentis non bene sanae esset: s. of scene, *nova inusitataque omnia: v. STRANGE. When = distance of manner, frīgus Hor. S. 2, 1, 62: Sen.