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outrage (v.)[outrage 词源字典]: c. 1300, "to go to excess, act immoderately," from outrage (n.). From 1580s with meaning "do violence to." Related: Outraged; outraging.[outrage etymology, outrage origin, 英语词源]
outrageous (adj.): c. 1300, "excessive, extravagant," from Old French outrageus, outrajos "immoderate, excessive, violent, lawless" (Modern French outrageux), from outrage, oltrage (see outrage). Meaning "flagrantly evil" is late 14c.; modern teen slang usages of it unwittingly approach the original and etymological sense of outrage. Related: Outrageously; outrageousness.
outrank (v.): 1829, from out (adv.) + rank. Related: Outranked; outranking.
outre (adj.): "exaggerated, extravagant, eccentric," 1722, from French outré "exaggerated, excessive, extreme," past participle of outrer "to carry to excess, overdo, overstrain, exaggerate," from outre "beyond" (see outrage).
outreach (n.): "an organization's involvement in the community," 1870, from out + reach (v.). The verb (c. 1400) tends to be used in literal senses.
outrider (n.): mid-14c., from out (adv.) + rider.
outrigger (n.): device used in Pacific and Indian oceans to stabilize canoes, 1748, altered (by influence of rig) from outligger (late 15c.) "a spar projecting from a vessel," probably from the same root as Dutch uitlegger, literally "out-lyer."
outright (adv.): c. 1300, "completely, entirely; openly, directly; at once, without hesitation," from out (adv.) + right (adj.1)). Meaning "all at once" is attested from c. 1600. As an adjective, "direct, downright," from 1530s.
outrun (v.): mid-14c., "to run out," from out (adv.) + run (v.). Sense of "to outstrip in running" is from 1520s; figurative use from 1650s. Related: Outran; outrunning.
outscore (v.): 1921, from out (adv.) + score (v.). Related: Outscored; outscoring.
outset (n.): "act of setting out on a journey, business, etc." 1759, from out + set (v.). The earlier word for this was outsetting (1670s).
outshine (v.): 1590s, from out (adv.) + shine (v.). Perhaps coined by Spenser. Figurative sense of "to surpass in splendor or excellence" is from 1610s. Related: Outshone; outshining.
outside (n.): c. 1500, "outer side," from out + side (n.). The adjective is attested from 1630s; the preposition from 1826; the adverb from 1813. Phrase outside of "with exception of" is from 1859.
outsider (n.): 1800, from outside; figurative sense of "a person isolated from conventional society" is first recorded 1907. The sense of race horses "outside" the favorites is from 1836; hence outside chance (1909).
outsized (adj.): "larger than average," 1880, from out (adv.) + size.
outskirt (n.): "outer border," 1590s, from out + skirt (n.). Now only in plural, outskirts. Originally in Spenser.
outsmart (v.): "to prove too clever for," 1926, from out + smart (adj.). Related: Outsmarted; outsmarting.
outsource (v.): in reference to jobs going overseas, by 1981 (as outsourcing), from out + source (v.). Related: Outsourced.
outspend (v.): mid-15c., "to consume totally, use up," from out (adv.) + spend (v.). Meaning "to spend more than another or others" is from 1840. Related: Outspent; outspending. Outspent is attested from 1650s as "exhausted."
outspoken (adj.): "given to speaking freely," 1808, originally Scottish, from out (adv.) + -spoken. "The pa. pple. has here a resultant force, as in 'well spoken', 'well read'." [OED]. Related: Outspokenly; outspokenness.