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outremore about outre

outre

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Outr'e  \Ou`tr['e]"\,  a.  [F.,  p.p.  of  outer  to  exaggerate,  fr  L. 
  ultra  beyond.  See  {Outrage}.] 
  Out  of  the  common  course  or  limits;  extravagant;  bizarre;  as 
  an  outr['e]  costume. 
 
  My  first  mental  development  had  in  it  much  of  the 
  uncommon  --  even  much  of  the  outr['e].  --E.  A.  Poe. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Outr'e  \Ou`tr['e]"\,  a.  [F.,  p.  p.  of  outrer  to  exaggerate,  fr 
  L.  ultra  beyond.  See  {Outrage}.] 
  Being  out  of  the  common  course  or  limits;  extravagant; 
  bizarre. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  outre 
  adj  :  conspicuously  or  grossly  unconventional  or  unusual; 
  "restaurants  of  bizarre  design--one  like  a  hat,  another 
  like  a  rabbit";  "famed  for  his  eccentric  spelling";  "a 
  freakish  combination  of  styles";  "the  outlandish 
  clothes  of  teenagers";  "outre  and  affected  stage 
  antics"  [syn:  {bizarre},  {eccentric},  {freakish},  {freaky}, 
  {flaky},  {outlandish}]




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