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outré (adj) – Highly unconventional; eccentric or bizarre

Source : The Free Dictionary

Etymology : “Exaggerated, extravagant, eccentric,” 1722, from French outré “exaggerated, excessive, extreme,” past participle of outrer “to carry to excess, overdo, overstrain, exaggerate,” from outre “beyond,” from Latin ultra “beyond” (from suffixed form of PIE root *al- “beyond”).

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