Outré

Pronunciation

• IPA: /uˈtreɪ/

Origin

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

Full definition of outré

Adjective

1. Very unconventional.
• 1992, David Littlejohn, The Ultimate Art: Essays Around and About Opera, Chapter 16: The Twentieth Century Takes on Shakespeare, most+outr%C3%A9%22&hl=en&ei=_i9HTrapIqjomAXf77XZBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q&f=false page 261,To begin with, King Lear is the most unconventional, the most nearly hysterical, the most outré and outrageous play Shakespeare ever wrote.

Synonyms

• (unconventional) bizarre, eccentric, outlandish

Anagrams

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