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outrage

See also: outragé

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage (“excess”), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultrā (“beyond”). Later reanalysed as out- +‎ rage, whence the contemporary pronunciation, though neither of these is etymologically related.

The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/
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  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈaʊt.ɹɪd͡ʒ/[1]

Noun edit

outrage (countable and uncountable, plural outrages)

  1. An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tremarn Case‎[1]:
      There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]
  2. An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
  3. The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
  4. (obsolete) A destructive rampage. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Translations edit

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Verb edit

outrage (third-person singular simple present outrages, present participle outraging, simple past and past participle outraged)

  1. (transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
    • August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet
      Base and insolent minds […] outrage men when they have Hopes of doing it without a Return.
    • 1725-1726, William Broome, Odyssey
      The interview […] outrages all the rules of decency.
  2. (transitive) To inspire feelings of outrage in.
    The senator's comments outraged the community.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To rage in excess of.

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Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ “outrage, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2004.

Further reading edit

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited Old French oltrage.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

outrage m (plural outrages)

  1. offence, insult, contempt
  2. (literary) onslaught

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

outrage

  1. inflection of outrager:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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