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outré
oo-TRAY
adjective
something or someone outside the realm of socially or scientifically accepted norms
1893Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure of the Stockbroker's ClerkIt is a case, Watson, which may prove to have something in it, or may prove to have nothing, but which, at least, presents those unusual and outre features which are as dear to you as they are to me.1946Maxwell GrantHappy Death Day (The Shadow Magazine, September 1946)For the murder had been a bizarre one with outre overtones.1990Mercedes LackeyChildren of the NightThe tourists and teenyboppers came looking for weird and outre, and she was perfectly happy to separate them from their money.

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