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Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. alternative spelling of outré.
Etymologies
- 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.
Examples
“If it's something a bit out there, it might not place at all, simply because outre is a hard sell.”
“Billboards invariably depict svelte females in outre poses.”
“For those of us with a penchant for the grisly and outre, that is very good news indeed.”
The Washington Post: "Full Dark, No Stars," four novellas by horror writer Stephen King
“The idea that his cut was not fashionable enough made him alter everything half a dozen times, walk all the way to the town simply to study the dandies, and in the end dress us in suits that even a caricaturist would have called outre and grotesque.”
“One of her recipes, the Jumbleberry Grunt, sounds like some kind of outre sex act.”
“But to fall in love, if indeed it were so, with a man who not only had ideas, but an inclination to live up to them, and on them, and on nothing else, seemed to Lord Dennis 'outre'.”
“Twain; the imp of the burlesque, tempting him to do the 'outre', the outlandish, the shocking thing.”
“If what I have here written appear nonsense to you, or common sense in a harlequinade of "outre" expressions, suspend your judgment till we see each other.”
“This sounds too ridiculous and 'outre', almost, for the stage; and yet, take my word for it, you will frequently meet with it upon the common stage of the world.”
“What kind of outre dermatologist practice were they running out there?”
Lists
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LYNIJOE'S LIST
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urari, urao, vifda, pterins, awee, nipters, novena, novenae, ilex, obiit, oobit, dzo and 6 more...
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Fun fancy French words
Fun fancy French words to wield, impress and sound pretentious with
raison d etre, garçonnière, recherché, bisous, soigne, apercu, decharne, outre, oubliette, soi disant, mot juste, louche and 4 more...
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Fashion
Words about fashion, style, or clothing
tonish, seasonal, tatterdemalion, outre, soi disant, beau monde, haberdashery
artoparts See: outrecuidance. Jan 30, 2009
brtom Of ornaments to a work nothing outre can be allow’d ... Whitman, Preface 1855 Dec 9, 2006