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passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
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Outre
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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outre
"exaggerated, extravagant, eccentric," 1722, from Fr. outré, pp. of outrer "to carry to excess, overdo, overstrain, exaggerate," from outre "beyond" (see outrage).
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