outskirt

[out-skurt]

noun

1. 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.

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

   the outskirts of respectability.

Word History and Origins

Origin of outskirt¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; out- + skirt

Example Sentences

On the outskirts of the masses, an aunt and her niece share a laugh before sitting down to split a funnel cake.

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In an elegant wooden cabin nestled in the forest on Cape Town's outskirts, he is about to undergo his second psychedelic experience to treat a series of mental health issues he has been suffering from.

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On Saturday, some soldiers had left their barracks on the outskirts of the capital, Antananarivo, to join protesters in front of the city's town hall.

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While the streets in the centre of Kramatorsk were calm, tensions on its outskirts were palpable.

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Eyewitnesses in Gaza said troops had pulled back from the north-western outskirts of Gaza City towards the east.

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Related Words

• boundary 
• brink 
• corner 
• end 
• fringe 
• line 
• lip 
• margin 
• mouth 
• perimeter 
• rim 
• shore 
• threshold 
• verge