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单词 outgrabe
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outgrabev.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈɡreɪb/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈɡreɪb/
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: A factitious word introduced by Lewis Carroll (used in the past tense), and described by him as follows:1855 ‘L. Carroll’ Rectory Umbrella & Mischmasch (1932) 140 Outgrabe, past tense of the verb to outgribe. (It is connected with the old verb to grike or shrike, from which are derived ‘shriek’ and ‘creak’.) ‘Squeaked.’1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass vi. 129 ‘And what does “outgrabe” mean?’ ‘Well, “outgribing” is something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze in the middle.’ Apparently intended by Carroll as a past tense, but generally understood subsequently as a regular verb, with present tense outgrabe and past tense outgrabed. Used with various meanings, or meaninglessly, and dependent on context.
intransitive. Used as a nonsense word: (most frequently) to emit a strange noise.In quot. 1903 used transitively to mean outdo (cf. out- prefix 4a(b)(i)).The text of quot. 1855 also occurs in the first verse of ‘Jabberwocky’ in Through the Looking-Glass (1871) i. 21.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)]
pass?a1425
precel?a1425
superexcelc1429
surmount1447
excela1535
transcend1635
prepoll1657
outgrabe1855
to go one better1856
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (intransitive)] > in action
overdoa1325
to break to an extreme1592
overact1631
to fly high (or a high pitch)1655
outgrabe1855
1855 ‘L. Carroll’ Rectory Umbrella & Mischmasch (1932) 139 All mimsy were the borogoves; And the mome raths outgrabe.
1876 ‘L. Carroll’ Hunting of Snark v. 50 The Beaver had counted with scrupulous care, Attending to every word: But it fairly lost heart, and outgrabe in despair, When the third repetition occurred.
1903 Sat. Rev. 7 Feb. 164/1 Deadmanship! wrote..Dr. Shrapnel..; and the word is fit to stir the jealous admiration of Carlyle or even Lewis Carroll. Indeed Dr. Shrapnel ‘outgrabed’ them both.
1980 Econ. Jrnl. 90 227 Raj Krishna..separates 16 categories each for ‘stock’ and ‘flow’ unemployment, even without considering wage expectations. One outgrabes with despair!
1988 ‘J. Lawson’ Sanctuary in Amazing Stories Nov. 153 A scrambler. Military model... The police used less powerful versions of the same device to subdue juice addicts who outgrabed. It put them down fast.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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