different between outrance vs outdance

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?.t???s/

Noun

outrance (usually uncountable, plural outrances)

1. (obsolete) The furthest degree or extremity, going beyond bounds or propriety.
   • 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

Anagrams

• cornuate, courante

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.t???s/
• Homophone: outrances
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

outrance f (plural outrances)

1. extravagance
2. excess

Derived terms

• à outrance

Further reading

• “outrance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• courante, écrouant, encroûta

English

Etymology

out- +? dance

Verb

outdance (third-person singular simple present outdances, present participle outdancing, simple past and past participle outdanced)

1. To dance better than; to outdo in dancing.
   • 2009, R. G. A. Buxton, Forms of astonishment: Greek myths of metamorphosis

     […] about some young Messapian shepherds who claimed to be able to outdance the local nymphs.

Anagrams

• uncoated