Lexicon:Modern/Oehei
| Oehei | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɔɪ.heɪ/ |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Etymology | from Middle ōhīō, from Proto oĥio |
Oehei — weird; strange; not as a thing should be.
Notes
Said of anything that behaves wrongly: a clock that runs well and is somehow still late, a stranger whose manners are almost right, a house that is too quiet. It carries a faint unease that plain strangeness does not.