Origin: Germanic
Old English prefix
Outskirt has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
a part of the city far removed from the center
"they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
2
A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.
Verb
1
To surround as an outskirt.
Broader Terms (hypernyms)