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outrage

noun
/ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage (“excess”), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultrā (“beyond”). Later reanalysed as out- + rage, whence the contemporary pronunciation, though neither of these is etymologically related. The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.

  1. derived from oultragier
  2. inherited from outragen
  3. derived from ultrā
  4. derived from *ultrāticum✻
  5. derived from outrage
  6. inherited from outrage

Definitions

  1. An excessively violent or vicious attack

    An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.

  2. An offensive, immoral or indecent act.

    • I always had a suspicion that Calico, with his blend of simple faith and gipsy blood, had violated a temple, or looted a shrine, to save his son's life, and that the guardians of the relic tracked him and revenged the outrage.

  3. The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A destructive rampage.

      • The Lords acknowledge the great and happy Providence of Almighty God, in the preventing of ſo horrid an Outrage, which might have endangered the Lives of the Chief Magiſtrates, and alſo hazarded the Spoil of the whole City of London.

    2. To cause or commit an outrage upon

      To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.

      • August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet Base and insolent minds […] outrage men when they have Hopes of doing it without a Return.
      • 1725-1726, William Broome, Odyssey The interview […] outrages all the rules of decency.

    3. To inspire feelings of outrage in.

      • The senator's comments outraged the community.

    4. To sexually violate

      To sexually violate; to rape.

    5. To rage in excess of.

      • Their will the tiger sucked, outraged the storm

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Derived

outrage culture, outrage of modesty, outrage porn, poutrage

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at outrage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at outrage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at outrage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA