Webster's English Dictionary

foreign

Cross references:
  1. extrinsic             
 
for.eign \'fo.r-*n, 'fa:r-\ \-*n-n*s\ aj [ME forein, fr. OF, fr. LL foranus 
   on the outside, fr. L forisX outside - more at FORUM 1: situated outside a 
   place or country; esp : situated outside one 's own country 2: born in, 
   belonging to, or characteristic of some place or country other  than the 
   one under consideration 3: of, relating to, or proceeding from some other 
   person or material thing  than the one under consideration 4: alien in 
   character : not connected or pertinent  5: related to or dealing with other 
   nations  6: occurring in an abnormal situation in the living body and 
   commonly intr oduced from without 7: not being within the jurisdiction of a 
   political unit (as a state)  - for.eign.ness n