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outrage

/ˈaʊtˌɹeɪdʒ/OW-trayj
/ˈaʊtˌɹeɪdʒ/OW-trayj

Meaninggoing beyond

Common meaning: a shocking act

Other meanings: fury

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructedbase ANA‘that’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 12, p. 731 · scan
  2. Latinultrā; ultimus‘beyond’
  3. Old Frenchoutragesource
  4. Middle Englishoutragesource
  5. Englishoutrage‘a shocking act’ · today

outr also in: ulteriorultimateultimatumpenultimate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin ultrā; ultimus ‘beyond; farthest’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ultrā, p. 1926 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry OUTRAGE, p. 409 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

penultimateulteriorultimateultimatum

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