French word used in English as a synonym for weird, unusual or bizarre.

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.

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.

 

© Webster 1913


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.

 

© Webster 1913

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