outré

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   strikingly unconventional, bizarre, or beyond accepted limits of taste or behavior

   The designer's outré costumes delighted some critics and baffled others.

Borrowed from French outré, the past participle of outrer, 'to carry beyond limits or exaggerate,' from outre, 'beyond.' English retained the accent and extended the idea of going beyond bounds to conspicuously unconventional style or conduct.

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