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outrageous

adj
/aʊtˈɹeɪdʒəs/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman outrageus, Middle French outrageus, from outrage; equivalent to outrage + -ous.

  1. derived from oultragier
  2. inherited from outragen
  3. derived from ultrā
  4. derived from *ultrāticum✻
  5. derived from outrage
  6. inherited from outrage
  7. suffixed as outrageous — “outrage + ous”

Definitions

  1. Violating morality or decency

    Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront.

    • To be, or not to be, that is the Question: / Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde to suffer / The Slings and Arrowes of outragious Fortune, / Or to take Armes against a Sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them [...].
    • The Irish-French rugby union whistler Alain Rolland was roundly condemned for his outrageous decision that lifting a player into the air then turning him over so he falls on his head or neck amounted to dangerous play.

  2. Transgressing reasonable limits

    Transgressing reasonable limits; extravagant, immoderate.

    • "Now, the Lord have mercy upon me!" exclaimed Sir Robert, sinking back in his chair; "there is nothing in the world so unreasonable as a pretty woman. Well, let me hear what outrageous proposition is about to come from two at once!"
    • Audience members praised McKellen, best known for Shakespearean roles and as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, for his show-stealing turn as Twankey in a series of outrageous glitzy dresses.

  3. Shocking

    Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative.

    • She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
    • "It's something I really am quite nervous about," he admits, before adding, with relish: "You have to be a bit outrageous and challenging sometimes."
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Fierce, violent.

      • For els my feeble vessell, crazd and crackt / Through thy strong buffets and outrageous blowes, / Cannot endure, but needes it must be wrackt [...].
      • For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]

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Derived

outrageously, outrageousness, unoutrageous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at outrageous. 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.

01outrageous02extravagant03excessive04usual05drink06mouth07creature08monstrous09enormously10enormous

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

10 hops · closes at outrageous

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