a. [ OE. forein, F. forain, LL. foraneus, fr. L. foras, foris, out of doors, abroad, without; akin to fores doors, and E. door. See Door, and cf. Foreclose, Forfeit, Forest, Forum. ]
Hail, foreign wonder!
Whom certain these rough shades did never breed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him,
That he ran mad and died. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Foreign attachment (Law),
Foreign bill,
Foreign body (Med.),
Foreign office,
adj. born in another area or country than that lived in; -- of persons.
n. A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger. [ 1913 Webster ]
Joy is such a foreigner,
So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nor could the majesty of the English crown appear in a greater luster, either to foreigners or subjects. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is a pity to see the technicalities of the so-called liberal professions distigured by foreignisms. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]