outréness
(ˈuːtreɪnɪs)
[f. outré + -ness.]
The quality of being outré, unusual, or peculiar.
| 1832 Motley Corr. (1889) I. ii. 19 The University towns [in Germany] are the homes of ‘outré-ness’. 1882 Hawthorne Dr. Grimshawe viii, A certain seemly beauty in him showed strikingly the..outréness of the rest of their lot. |