outré

== English == === Alternative forms === outre outrée (in reference to women) === Etymology === French outré, form of outrer (“to go to excess”); see also outre (“beyond”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈtɹeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Adjective === outré (comparative more outré, superlative most outré) Beyond what is customary or proper; extravagant. 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 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === utero-, outer, ruote, Toure, route, rouet, Route == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /u.tʁe/ === Adjective === outré (feminine outrée, masculine plural outrés, feminine plural outrées) excessive outrageous outraged === Participle === outré (feminine outrée, masculine plural outrés, feminine plural outrées) past participle of outrer === Further reading === “outré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === route, routé, troue, troué