outskirt

[ out-skurt ]

/ ˈaʊtˌskɜrt /

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noun

Often outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.

Usually outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like: the outskirts of respectability.

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Origin of outskirt

First recorded in 1590–1600; out- + skirt

Words nearby outskirt

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How to use outskirt in a sentence

The launch came from the third planet out from a G-type star, 25,000 light-years from the center of a galaxy called the Milky Way, itself located on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
Is Life Special Just Because It’s Rare? - Issue 95: Escape|Alan Lightman|January 20, 2021|Nautilus
Someone made a group text about it on GroupMe, and the GroupMe groups multiplied to connect people seeking giant expensive Airbnbs in the outskirts of Boston, renting retreat cabins in Utah, and taking rooms on Memorial Drive.
First-year fall, off campus|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Nguyen says it’s as if Jupiter traveled beyond the Kuiper Belt—a region of mainly icy, dusty debris, around the outskirts of our solar system.
This alien world could help us find Planet Nine in our own solar system|Paola Rosa-Aquino|December 17, 2020|Popular-Science
After our tour of the Downtown Project, we head to the outskirts of the area.
PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be … Las Vegas?! (Ep. 205)|Stephen J. Dubner|December 6, 2020|Freakonomics

Maradona’s rise from extreme poverty on the outskirts of Buenos Aires to a World Cup championship in 1986 made him a hero to Argentines and soccer fans everywhere.
Police search home and office of Maradona’s doctor in death investigation|Ruby Mellen, Ana Herrero|November 29, 2020|Washington Post
We resided at Derby in a terrace on the outskirt of the town, much to my dislike, for monotonous rows of houses I have ever hated.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Parings from that outskirt, what are these compared with Silesia, a horrid gash into the vital parts?
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
Young Donald, in his homespun tartan, stood on the outskirt of the little crowd that surrounded her, listening.
Stories from the Ballads|Mary MacGregor
In this way I worked along until I was beyond the northern outskirt of the town.
The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard|Arthur Conan Doyle
Outskirt, owt′skėrt, n. the outer skirt: border: suburb—often used in pl.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

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