outré

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  1. adjective Highly unconventional; eccentric or bizarre: "outré and affected stage antics” (Michael Heaton).

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  1. French, from Old French, defeated, past participle of outrer, to pass someone, from outre, beyond, from Latin ultrā; see al-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. French, past participle of outrer, go beyond, run through, from outre, beyond: see outray.
 

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