# outrage
## English
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (obsolete) IPA: /ˈaʊt.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
* Hyphenation: out‧rage

### Noun

outrage (countable and uncountable, plural outrages)
* An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
** 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020: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. […]
* An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
* The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
* (obsolete) A destructive rampage.
** 1648, Journals of the House of Lords‎, volume X, Die Jovis, 13$^a$ die Aprilis (Thursday 13 April 1648), page 188:The Lords acknowledge the great and happy Providence of Almighty God, in the preventing of ſo horrid an Outrage, which might have endangered the Lives of the Chief Magiſtrates, and alſo hazarded the Spoil of the whole City of London.

#### Derived terms

* outrage culture
* outrage of modesty
* outrage porn

#### Translations

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### Verb

outrage (third-person singular simple present outrages, present participle outraging, simple past and past participle outraged)
* (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.
* (transitive) To inspire feelings of outrage in.
    The senator's comments outraged the community.
* (archaic, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.
* (obsolete, transitive) To rage in excess of.
** 1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC:Their will the tiger sucked, outraged the storm

#### Translations
### Related terms

* outrageous

### References

* ↑ “outrage, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2004.

### Further reading

* “outrage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “outrage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French oltrage.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /u.tʁaʒ/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Noun

outrage m (plural outrages)
* offence, insult, contempt
* (literary) onslaught
* (law) contempt (e.g. of court)

#### Derived terms

* outrager
* outrageux
* outrage au tribunal

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: ultraj (calque)

### Verb

outrage
* inflection of outrager:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “outrage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.