- a size varying from the usual standard; odd size; esp., an unusually large size
- a garment or other article of such a size
of nonstandard size; esp., unusually large
also out′sized·
outsize
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outsize
noun
- An unusual size, especially a very large size.
- A garment of unusual size.
adjective
also out·sizedUnusually large, weighty, or extensive.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- of an unusually large size
Verb
(third-person singular simple present outsizes, present participle outsizing, simple past and past participle outsized)
- to exceed in size
Origin
From out- +"Ž size.
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