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outré

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ou·tré  (-tr)
adj.
Highly unconventional; eccentric or bizarre: "outré and affected stage antics" (Michael Heaton).
[French, from Old French, defeated, past participle of outrer, to pass someone, from outre, beyond, from Latin ultr; see al-1 in Indo-European roots.]
outré [ˈuːtreɪ]
adj
deviating from what is usual or proper
[from French past participle of outrer to pass beyond]
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outré
adjective eccentric, odd, strange, out there (slang), bizarre, fantastic, weird, way-out (informal), peculiar, queer (informal), extravagant, rum (Brit. slang), quirky, singular, grotesque, unconventional, idiosyncratic, kinky (informal), off-the-wall (slang), outlandish, whimsical, left-field (informal), freakish, freaky (slang), wacko (slang) outré outfits designed by art students
Translations
outré [ˈuːtreɪ] ADJ → extravagante, estrafalarío
outré
adj → überspannt, extravagant


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It appears to me that this mystery is considered insoluble, for the very reason which should cause it to be regarded as easy of solution - I mean for the outré character of its features.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the plannings, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chains of events, working through generations, and leading to the most outré results, it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and unprofitable.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
It is a case, Watson, which may prove to have something in it, or may prove to have nothing, but which, at least, presents those unusual and outré features which are as dear to you as they are to me.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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