outré

See also outre

English

WOTD – 19 August 2011    

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /uˈtreɪ/

Adjective

outré (comparative more outré, superlative most outré)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• (unconventional): bizarre, eccentric, outlandish

Translations

very unconventional

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: extravagant (nl), excentriek (nl)
• Finnish: omintakeinen (fi), omituinen (fi), poikkeuksellinen (fi), outo (fi), äärimmäinen (fi)

• Russian: странный (ru) (strannyj), необычный (ru) (neobyčnyj), эксцентричный (ru) (ekscentričnyj), шокирующий (ru) (šokirujuščij)
• Spanish: extravagante (es)

Anagrams

• outer
• route

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /u.tʁe/

Adjective

outré m (feminine outrée, masculine plural outrés, feminine plural outrées)

1. excessive
2. outrageous

Verb

outré m (feminine outrée, masculine plural outrés, feminine plural outrées)

1. Past participle of outrer

Anagrams

• route, routé, troue, troué