outrage, oultrage

[Fr. outrage (O. Fr. oultrage ), from O. Fr. oltre, outre beyond, from Lat. ultra; Ital. oltraggio outrage, from oltra = beyond.] 1. Rude violence shown or done to persons or things; wanton mischief; exce ive violence or abuse. "Laste the hye emperour for his outrage Come and destruye all hys lond." Robert of Gloucester, p. 47. 2. A gro , wanton, or audacious transgre ion of law or decency; as, an outrage on common decency. 3. An outbreak of rage or fury; furious language or actions. "I fear some outrage and will follow her." Shakesp.: King John, iii. 4. out-rāge-ous, *out-ra-gi-ous, adj . [Fr.outra geux (O. Fr. Fr. oltrageux , oultrageux ); Sp. ultrajoso ; Ital. oltraggioso .] 1. Characterized by outrage or exce ive violence; violent, fierce, furious. IMG:content-0423.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Exce ive, exorbitant. "Thy poor heart beats with outrageous beating." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, iii. 2. 4. Exce ive; exceeding reason or decency; exaggerated gro ly. "My characters of Antony and Cleopatra, though they are favorable to them, have nothing of outrageous panegyric."-Dryden. out-rage-oŭs-lỹ, *out-ra-gi-ous-ly, adverb . [Eng. outrageous; -ly.] In an outrageous manner or degree; exce ively, atrociously. "When anything outrageously unjust or cruel was to be done."- Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiii.