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outré

/uˈtɹeɪ/

Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

French outré, form of outrer (“to go to excess”); see also outre (“beyond”).

adjective more outré · most outré · outre · outrée

Beyond what is customary or proper; extravagant. I believe I have been very rude; but really Miss Fairfax has done her hair in so odd a way—so very odd a way—that I cannot keep my eyes from her. I never saw any thing so outrée!—Those curls!—This must be a fancy of her own. I see nobody else looking like her!
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.
Similar: bizarre, eccentric, outlandish

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adj very unconventional

Español	extravagante
中文	偏离常规的, 荒诞的
Deutsch	extravagant, exzentrisch
Русский	стра́нный stránnyj, необы́чный neobýčnyj, эксцентричный ekscentričnyj, шокирующий šokirujuščij

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@misc{outre_2026,
  title = {outré},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outr%C3%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}