| Pronunciation: | | awt'herud
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[v] surpass someone in cruelty or evil |
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OUT-HEROD is a 9 letter word that starts with O. |
| | See Also: | | exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outstrip, surmount, surpass |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Out-Her"od\, v. t.
To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in
any vicious or offensive particular. ``It out-Herods Herod.''
--Shak.
Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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