outré

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(thing) by K9 (1.1 y) (print)   (I like it!) Wed Sep 06 2000 at 14:44:30
French word used in English as a synonym for weird, unusual or bizarre.
(thing) by Alex-K (10.7 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Wed Sep 06 2000 at 15:22:06
Also one has to note that in French it is not used in this way at all. It actually means outraged, or (less used) exaggerated.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:40:39

Ou`tré" (?), a. [F., p. p. of outrer to exaggerate, fr. L. ultra beyond. See Outrage.]

Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant; bizarre.

 

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Ou`tré" (?), 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 outré costume.

My first mental development had in it much of the uncommon -- even much of the outré.
E. A. Poe.

 

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