outré

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(ū-trā') pronunciation
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.]


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - excentrisk, aparte, outreret, upassende

Nederlands (Dutch)
eigenaardig, ongewoon

Français (French)
adj. - outrancier

Deutsch (German)
adj. - übertrieben, überspannt

Italiano (Italian)
eccentrico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - exagerado, ousado, excêntrico

Español (Spanish)
adj. - extravagante, chocante, exagerado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - överdriven, excentrisk, extravagant, otillbörlig

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غريب, شاذ‏


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