outen
outen · more outen · most outen
Being from without; strange; foreign; peculiarBeing from without; strange; foreign; peculiar.
/ˈaʊtən/
Meaning
1 senses(dialectal)Being from without; strange; foreign; peculiar.
an outen man
Origin
From Middle English outen, uten, from Old English ūtan (“from outside, on the outside, witFrom Middle English outen, uten, from Old English ūtan (“from outside, on the outside, without”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūtanā, from Proto-Germanic *ūtanē (“from without, outside of”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“up, over”).
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Forms
more outen, most outen| Comparative | more outen Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most outen Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedoutener
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.