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outer (adj.)[outer 词源字典]: late 14c., comparative of out (on analogy of inner), replacing by 18c. forms descended from Old English uttera (comp. of Old English ut "out") which developed into utter and was no longer felt as connected with out. Outer space first attested 1901 in writings of H.G. Wells.[outer etymology, outer origin, 英语词源]
outermost (adj.): 1580s, from outer + -most.
outerwear (n.): 1921, from outer + wear (n.).
outface (v.): 1520s, from out (adv.) + face (v.). Related: Outfaced; outfacing.
outfield (n.): 1630s, "outlying land of a farm" (especially in Scotland), from out + field (n.); sporting sense is attested from 1851 in cricket, 1868 in baseball. Related: Outfielder.
outfit (v.): 1840, from outfit (n.). Related: Outfitted; outfitting; outfitter.
outfit (n.): 1769, "act of fitting out (a ship, etc.) for an expedition," from out + fit (v.). Sense of "articles and equipment required for an expedition" first attested 1787, American English; meaning "a person's clothes" is first recorded 1852; sense of "group of people" is from 1883.
outflank (v.): 1765, from out (adv.) + flank (v.). Figurative use from 1773. Related: Outflanked; outflanking.
outflow (n.): 1869, from out (adv.) + flow (n.).
outfox (v.): "outwit," 1939, from out + fox (q.v.). Related: Outfoxed; outfoxing.
outgoing (adj.): 1630s, "that goes out," from out (adv.) + going. Meaning "sociable, friendly," attested from 1950, on same notion as in extrovert. Middle English had a noun outgoing "a departure," mid-14c., from a verb outgo "to go forth," and Old English had utgangende "outgoing" (literal). Related: Outgoingness.
outgrow (v.): 1590s, "to surpass in growth," from out + grow (v.). Meaning "to become too large or too mature for" is attested from 1660s. Related: Outgrowing; outgrown.
outgrowth (n.): 1837, from out (adv.) + growth. Figurative sense "natural product" is earlier (1828).
outgun (v.): 1690s, from out (adv.) + gun. Related: Outgunned; outgunning.
outhouse (n.): early 14c., "shed, outbuilding," from out + house (n.). Sense of "a privy" (principally American English) is first attested 1819.
outie (n.): in reference to navels, by 1972, from out (adv.) + -ie.
outing (n.): late 14c., "action of going out;" mid-15c., "act of putting out;" verbal noun from out (v.). Meaning "airing, excursion, pleasure trip" is from 1821.
outlander (n.): 1590s, "foreigner," from outland (see outlandish) + -er (1). Probably on model of Dutch uitlander, German ausländer. In South African English it had a specific sense of "not of Boer birth" (1892) and was a loan-translation of S.African Dutch uitlander.
outlandish (adj.): Old English utlendisc "of a foreign country, not native," from utland "foreign land," literally "outland" (see out + land (n.)) + -ish. Sense of "unfamiliar, strange, odd, bizarre" (such as the customs of foreigners may seem to natives) is attested from 1590s.
outlast (v.): "to last longer than," 1570s, from out (adv.) + last (v.). Related: Outlasted; outlasting.