outrance
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Etymology edit
From Old French oltrance (modern outrance (“excess”)), from outrer (“pass beyond”), from oltre, outre, utre, from Late Latin ultra-. Compare outrage.
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Noun edit
outrance (usually uncountable, plural outrances)
- (obsolete) The furthest degree or extremity, going beyond bounds or propriety.
- Synonym: utterance
- 1819: But if the shield was touched with the sharp end of the lance, the combat was understood to be at “outrance”, that is, the knights were to fight with sharp weapons, as in actual battle. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French oltrance, from outrer (“pass beyond”), from oltre, outre, utre, from Late Latin ultra-. Compare outrage.
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Noun edit
outrance f (plural outrances)
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Further reading edit
- “outrance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.