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单词 out-herod
释义

out-Herod

[ out-her-uhd ]
/ ˌaʊtˈhɛr əd /

verb (used with object)

to outdo in extravagance, violence, or excess: His cruelty out-Herods Herod.

Origin of out-Herod

1595–1605; out- + Herod (Antipas)

Words nearby out-Herod

outguess, outgun, out-half, outhandle, outhaul, out-Herod, outhit, outhouse, outie, outing, outing flannel
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Example sentences from the Web for out-Herod

  • They are bad copies of the Spaniards, whose failings they imitate and out-herod till they become odious vices.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846|Various
  • I should like to out-Herod that puppy Rowland, and make a saint of myself out of a sinner.

    Gladys, the Reaper|Anne Beale
  • An evil day for journalists and writers who do not out-Herod Blanqui and Pyat.

    The Parisians, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for out-Herod

out-Herod

verb

(tr) to surpass in evil, excesses, or cruelty

Word Origin for out-Herod

C17: originally out-Herod Herod, from Shakespeare's Hamlet (act 3, scene 2); see also Herod : portrayed in medieval mystery plays as a ranting tyrant
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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