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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
- Example: "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"
- Example: "famed for his eccentric spelling"
- Example: "a freakish combination of styles"
- Example: "his off-the-wall antics"
- Example: "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"
- Example: "outre and affected stage antics"
[syn: bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outr'e \Ou`tr['e]"\, a. [F., p.p. of outer to exaggerate, fr. L.
   ultra beyond. See Outrage.]
   Out of the common course or limits; extravagant[2]; bizarre;
   outlandish[2]; as, an outr['e] costume.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. + PJC]

         My first mental development had in it much of the
         uncommon -- even much of the outr['e].   --E. A. Poe.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

outre
    adj 1: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
           "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another
           like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a
           freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall
           antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre
           and affected stage antics" [syn: bizarre, eccentric,
           freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-
           the-wall, outlandish, outre]