Definition of "outsize" in Englisch

noun

1. An unusually large garment size.

adjective

1. Of an unusually large size .

   • 1958, P. G. Wodehouse, The Fat of the Land, in 'A Few Quick Ones', Everyman, London: 2009, p 11. ...the contents of the kitty amounted to well over a hundred pounds. And it was generally recognized that this impressive sum must inevitably go to the lucky stiff who drew the name of Lord Blicester, for while all the starters were portly, having long let their waist-lines go, not one of them could be considered in the class of Freddie's outsize uncle.

2. Unintuitively or unexpectedly large.

   • Small changes in initial conditions can have an outsize effect on the course of events.

verb

1. (intransitive) To exceed in size.