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OUT-HEROD Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of OUT-HEROD is to exceed in violence or extravagance —usually used in the phrase out-Herod Herod. www.merriam-webster.com
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OUT-HEROD Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
verb (used with object) to outdo in extravagance, violence, or excess: His cruelty out-Herods Herod. www.dictionary.com
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out-Herod - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
out-Herod (third-person singular simple present out-Herods, present participle out-Heroding, simple past and past participle out-Heroded). en.wiktionary.org
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out-Herod
out-Herod, v. (aʊtˈhɛrəd) [out- 23 b.] to out-Herod Herod: to outdo Herod (represented in the old Mystery Plays as a blustering tyrant) in violence; to be more outrageous than the most outrageous; hence, to outdo in any excess of evil or extravagance. (A casual Shaksperian expression, which has beco... Oxford English Dictionary
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OUT-HEROD definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Definition of 'out-Herod'. out-Herod in American English. (ˌaʊtˈhɛrəd ). verb transitive. to surpass in excess, as in violence or cruelty. : usually ... www.collinsdictionary.com
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out-Herod - A.Word.A.Day - Wordsmith.org
PRONUNCIATION: (out-HER-uhd) · MEANING: verb tr.: To surpass in cruelty, evil, extravagance, etc. · ETYMOLOGY: After Herod the Great (74/73 BCE - ... wordsmith.org
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outgrabe
outgrabe, v. (aʊtˈgreɪb) A factitious word introduced by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (see quot. 18552). (In quot. 1903 used for ‘outdo’, after the style of out-Herod, etc.) Quot. 18551 also occurs in the first verse of ‘Jabberwocky’ in Through the Looking-Glass (1871) i. 21.1855 ‘L. Carroll’ Rectory Umbrella & ... Oxford English Dictionary
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What is "outheroding"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
"outheroding" is a present participle form of "outherod". Here is the definition for "outherod". to outdo in extravagance, violence, or excess: ... english.stackexchange.com
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Out-herod - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
c. 1300, "one who deceives or commits treason; one who is wicked or evil; evil-doer," used of Lucifer and Herod, from Old... www.etymonline.com
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“It Out-Herods Herod. Pray You, Avoid It.” | The Poetry Foundation
Archival recordings of the poet Anthony Hecht, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded at Harvard University. Listen now. Poems & Poets. Collections ... www.poetryfoundation.org
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popup_note_index_item 470 - myShakespeare
It out-Herods. Herod. Pray you avoid it. Termagant, who Christians believed was an Islamic God, and King Herod of Israel were frequently portrayed in ... myshakespeare.com
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'to out-Herod Herod' | 'to out-Zola Zola' - word histories
The English poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616) used to out-Herod Herod 1 , meaning to be superior to Herod in cruelty, evil, extravagance, etc. wordhistories.net
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Cultural depictions of Herod the Great
Such portrayals were still in folk memory in William Shakespeare's time, for Hamlet instructs the players not to "out-Herod Herod" (Act 3, Scene 2). wikipedia.org
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Horatio Storer
imbrued with her infant's blood; of the equally guilty father, who counsels or allows the crime; of the wretches, who by their wholesale murders far out-Herod wikipedia.org
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termagant
▪ I. termagant, n. (a.) (ˈtɜːməgənt) Forms: α. 3 teruagant, 3–5 -aunt. β. 4–7 termagaunt, 6 turmagant, Sc. tarmegant, termygant, 7 tarmagant, -gon, 7–8 termagent, 8 termigant, 6– termagant. [In early ME. Tervagant, OF. Tervagan (in La Fontaine 17th c. Tarvagant), proper name in Chanson de Roland a 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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