outrance

/ˈuː.tɹɑ̃s/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

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noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

"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"
"For an ordinary joust there would have been a barrier: but in this case the fight was to be a outrance, which meant that it might end with swords on foot, and so the barrier was left out."

From Old French oltrance (modern outrance (“excess”)), from outrer (“pass beyond”), from oltre, outre, utre, from Late Latin ultra-. Compare outrage.

outrances (plural)

utterance

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The recorded pronunciation is /ˈuː.tɹɑ̃s/.

What does outrance mean?

Where does outrance come from?

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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