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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

奇特感

Pronunciation / Transliteration: qí tè gǎn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Funkiness/ˈfʌŋ.ki.nəs/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #28400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这家餐厅有一种独特的奇特感。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of having a strong, earthy, or musty smell, or a distinctively pungent flavor.

    "The aged blue cheese had a wonderful funkiness that paired well with the sweet wine."
  2. 2

    Unconventional, stylishly eccentric, or modernly cool qualities, often associated with groove-based music or eclectic fashion.

    "The vintage boutique was filled with a vibrant funkiness that attracted young artists."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'funky', which originally stemmed from the Central African Kikongo word 'lufulakanda' (meaning a body odor of sweat), entering English in the 18th century. By the mid-20th century, it evolved in African American Vernacular English to describe syncopated jazz and soul music before acquiring extended modern senses relating to unconventional style or strange malfunctions.

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