Handley_Page
Draco interdum Vincit
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Here are two interesting words from the same French root, outrer;
outrance - noun the last extremity
outre' - adj violating convention or propriety: BIZARRE
Interesting, that one.
You may have seen a film where one Knight slaps the face of another to challenge for a duel (they were quite popular in the 1950s and can be seen on TV today).
However, a duel so serious as being to the Death was described as "a l'outrance"
[forgive the spelling please].