Definitions for outsize

outsize out·size

Spelling: [out-sahyz]
IPA: /ˈaʊtˌsaɪz/

Outsize is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in outsize (eiostuz).

Definitions for outsize

noun

  1. an uncommon or irregular size, especially one larger than average.
  2. a garment of such a size.

adjective

  1. Also, outsized. being unusually or abnormally large, heavy, extensive, etc.:

Origin of outsize

First recorded in 1835-45; out- + size1

Examples for outsize

It carried an outsize ultrasonic generator and a device for directing the beam into the planet.

He nodded again, taking off his glasses and polishing them on an outsize white handkerchief.

The governor of reliably Blue New Jersey and possessor of an outsize personality, he commands attention.

In the pop-culture presidency of the Obama administration, Joe Biden plays an outsize role.

But, compared to the outsize Syracusan, it looked like a Baby Gouda.

But one of her stockings was outsize—run clear up her thigh—and she had two big white spots on her ribs on the nigh side.

And yes, the Wingnuts seem to have an outsize influence on our politics debates.

The governor may end up having an outsize role in the GOP nominating process in 2016 even if he is not a candidate.

Joe Kivelson is just an outsize edition of his son, with a blond beard that's had thirty-five years' more growth.

The result was an outsize coin fashioned from Indian red marble and inscribed with a big “50c.”

Word Value for outsize
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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