Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Outskirts has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
outlying areas (as of a city or town)
"they lived on the outskirts of Houston"
"they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"
The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.
"We decided to have a picnic on the outskirts of town where the air was much fresher than in the city center."
plural of outskirt
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outskirt