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Outre Oo Tray Adjective Unconventional Eccentric Bizarre Outre  Comes  From  French Past

Front outre \oo-TRAY\
Back adjective
Unconventional; eccentric; bizarre.

[Outre  comes  from  French, from the past participle of outer, "to exaggerate, to go beyond," from Latin ultra, "beyond."]

"The  area  is  tamer  than  in its bohemian heyday, but the outre spirit survives."

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