outsweetenv.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtˈswiːtn/, U.S.

/ˌaʊtˈswitn/

Forms: see out- prefix and sweeten v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, sweeten v.

Etymology: < out- prefix + sweeten v.

Chiefly poetic. Now rare.

transitive. To surpass in sweetening or in sweetness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > sweeten [verb (transitive)] > outsweeten

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 225 No, nor The leafe of Eglantine..Out-sweetned not thy breath.

1862 W. C. Bennett Robin in Poems 197 Sing my prison'd thrush, Full soon shall you be free, For the bell-bird's note outsweetens yours Beyond the swelling sea.

1867 Tennyson Let. in Life (1897) II. ii. 47 The sweets of office outsweetened by the sweets of out of office.

1889 Cent. Mag. May 160/1 And yet that word to me Outsweetens knowledge—Arcady!

1894 A. C. Swinburne Astrophel 90 September... Outlightening the summer, outsweetening the spring, Broods wide on the woodlands with limitless wing.

1991 Independent (Nexis) 3 Nov. 21 Elmer Bernstein kicks of his bilious soundtrack with two major tunes, each trying to outsweeten the other.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	outsweeten
释义	outsweetenv. Brit. /ˌaʊtˈswiːtn/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈswitn/ Forms: see out- prefix and sweeten v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, sweeten v. Etymology: < out- prefix + sweeten v. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. transitive. To surpass in sweetening or in sweetness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > sweeten [verb (transitive)] > outsweeten outsweetena1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 225 No, nor The leafe of Eglantine..Out-sweetned not thy breath. View more context for this quotation 1862 W. C. Bennett Robin in Poems 197 Sing my prison'd thrush, Full soon shall you be free, For the bell-bird's note outsweetens yours Beyond the swelling sea. 1867 Tennyson Let. in Life (1897) II. ii. 47 The sweets of office outsweetened by the sweets of out of office. 1889 Cent. Mag. May 160/1 And yet that word to me Outsweetens knowledge—Arcady! 1894 A. C. Swinburne Astrophel 90 September... Outlightening the summer, outsweetening the spring, Broods wide on the woodlands with limitless wing. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 3 Nov. 21 Elmer Bernstein kicks of his bilious soundtrack with two major tunes, each trying to outsweeten the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1616
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