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outré oo-TRAY adjective something or someone outside the realm of socially or scientifically accepted norms 1893The 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.1946Happy Death Day (The Shadow Magazine, September 1946)For the murder had been a bizarre one with outre overtones.1990Children of the NightThe tourists and teenyboppers came looking for weird and outre, and she was perfectly happy to separate them from their money.Labels: Arthur Conan Doyle, Maxwell Grant, Mercedes Lackey
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