outre

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It was a favourite word with Mrs Milburn--outre.

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  • Mais quand j'ai regardé l'impact de cette riche culture outre-Atlantique, j'ai vu qu'il était quasi nul, surtout si on le compare au rayonnement français de la fin du XIXe siècle et de la première moitié du XXe.
  • Lord Alfred Douglas' boldness gave Oscar "outre-cuidance", an insolent arrogance: artist-like he tried to outdo his model in aristocratic disdain. —  Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
  • He worked with the Whole Earth people for years and, because his interest in the outre was known, was invited to edit a special issue on the subject. —  Omni: December 1994
  • If my request to be allowed the favour of meeting and seeing you does not seem too outre, I would be to glad to go to London, or wherever you may be, if it can be done without causing you any inconvenience, and if I should not be regarded as an intruder. —  The Life of George Borrow
  • Talk about outre, the film program at Bozeman was so out of it, Dahl's own teachers told him that he didn't have a chance of making it in Hollywood. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 03 - September 1996
 

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