far-out

[ fahr-out ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
2. radical; extreme.
3. recondite or esoteric.

far-out

adjective

1. bizarre or avant-garde
2. excellent; wonderful

interjection

1. an expression of amazement or delight

Other Words From

• far-outness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of far-out¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

As fluent in drug trade jargon as Martian, Future peppers his lyrics with interstellar imagery befitting of his far out vocals.

From The Daily Beast

In any case, it accommodated Pigpen very nicely; he was indeed one far-out gentleman, no doubt about it, none at all.

From The Daily Beast

Some of these seemingly far out ideas are already being realized.

From The Daily Beast

The other issue on which Clinton got pretty far out there was on Iran and the current nuclear negotiations.

From The Daily Beast

The Tea Party wave, which would crest a few months later, still seemed far out to shore.

From The Daily Beast

"I thought we hit a man," said the engineer, swinging his lantern far out into the darkness.

From Project Gutenberg

One is that the English should have gone so far out of their way as to besiege Dunaverty so zealously, or at all.

From Project Gutenberg

The noise reached far out over the plain and across the hills and awoke the little babes that were sleeping in their cradles.

From Project Gutenberg

He had gone to bathe in the river, had slipped too far out, and not knowing how to swim had almost been drowned.

From Project Gutenberg

At dawn the next day she strays far out to aPg 156 forest, where she finds a hermit.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• fantastic
• far out
• groovy
• neat
• offbeat
• ultramodern
• unorthodox
• wonderful