Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
BIZARRE
I. adjective
Etymology: French, from Italian bizzarro
Date: circa 1648
strikingly out of the ordinary: as, odd, extravagant, or eccentric in style or mode, involving sensational contrasts or incongruities, see: fantastic bizarrely adverb bizarreness noun
II. noun
Date: circa 1753
a flower with atypical striped marking