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ou⋅tré

[oo-trey]
–adjective
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.

Origin:
1715–25; < F, ptp. of outrer to push beyond bounds (see outrage )
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ou·tré   (ōō-trā')   
adj.  Highly unconventional; eccentric or bizarre: "outré and affected stage antics" (Michael Heaton).

[French, from Old French, defeated, past participle of outrer, to pass someone, from outre, beyond, from Latin ultrā; see al-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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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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