outskirt

noun

out·​skirt ˈau̇t-ˌskərt How to pronounce outskirt (audio)
: a part remote from the center : border
—usually plural
on the outskirts of town

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some people prefer to live on the outskirts and work inside the city
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Fans braced for chaos, but the biggest protests had been moved to the city’s outskirts. — Albert Samaha, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026 Another local who will attest to Mexico City’s neoteric pleasures is Lilmister P, a muralist and clothing designer from Iztapalapa, a community in the city’s outskirts known for its street culture. — Alan Chazaro, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2026 But this May, less than four years later, it was stripped for parts worth millions and crushed, the steel teeth of an excavator tearing through its fuselage at a facility on the outskirts of Phoenix. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 Two more people were killed in a Russian attack Tuesday on warehouses on the outskirts of Dnipro in central Ukraine, authorities said. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for outskirt

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1599, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of outskirt was circa 1599

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“Outskirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outskirt. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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