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Webster 1828 Edition


Outre

OUTRE

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Adj.
ootra'y. Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant.

Definition 2024


outré

outré

See also: outre

English

Adjective

outré (comparative more outré, superlative most outré)

  1. Very unconventional.
    • 1992, David Littlejohn, The Ultimate Art: Essays Around and About Opera, Chapter 16: The Twentieth Century Takes on Shakespeare, page 261,
      To begin with, King Lear is the most unconventional, the most nearly hysterical, the most outré and outrageous play Shakespeare ever wrote.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.tʁe/

Adjective

outré m (feminine singular outrée, masculine plural outrés, feminine plural outrées)

  1. excessive
  2. outrageous

Verb

outré m (feminine singular outrée, masculine plural outrés, feminine plural outrées)

  1. past participle of outrer

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