Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - alien
Alien
alien
adj. & n. --adj. 1 a (often foll. by to) unfamiliar; not in accordance or harmony; unfriendly, hostile; unacceptable or repugnant (army discipline was alien to him; struck an alien note). b (often foll. by from) different or separated. 2 foreign; from a foreign country (help from alien powers). 3 of or relating to beings supposedly from other worlds. 4 Bot. (of a plant) introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in its new home. --n. 1 a foreigner, esp. one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where he or she is living. 2 a being from another world. 3 Bot. an alien plant. Derivatives alienness n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L alienus belonging to another (alius)
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, from alius Date: 14th century 1. belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing ; strange, relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government ; foreign, exotic 1, differing in nature or character typically to the point of incompatibility, see: extrinsic ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 14th century a person of another family, race, or nation, a foreign-born resident who has not been naturalized and is still a subject or citizen of a foreign country, extraterrestrial, exotic 1, III. transitive verb Date: 14th century ~ate, estrange, to make over (as property) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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