Meaning & use
outre
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Strikingly unconventional or bizarre, especially in a way that flouts normal standards of taste.
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The designer's outre costumes shocked the fashion show audience.
Some critics found the film's plot too outre to take seriously.
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Borrowed from French, the word is often written with an accent (outré) in more formal English text.
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