Bizarre, a.
Etymology: [F. bizarre odd, fr. Sp. bizarro gallant, brave, liberal, prob. of Basque origin; cf. Basque bizarra beard, whence the meaning manly, brave.]
Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque. C. Kingsley.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for bizarre; he lists it under queer.
Where he writes about it:
That which is grotesque in the material sense is irregular or misshapen in form or outline or ill-proportioned so as to be somewhat ridiculous; the French bizarre is practically equivalent to grotesque. — from queer