Definition of Out-herod

1. Verb. Surpass someone in cruelty or evil.

Generic synonyms: Exceed, Outdo, Outgo, Outmatch, Outperform, Outstrip, Surmount, Surpass

Definition of Out-herod

1. Verb. (Always with ''Herod'' as a direct object) surpass even Herod in evil and cruelty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Out-herod

out-and-out(a)
out-and-outer
out-basket
out-dwell
out-flank
out-flanked
out-flanking
out-flanks
out-general
out-generaled
out-gun
out-gunned
out-gunning
out-guns
out-herod (current term)
out-migration
out-of-band
out-of-battery
out-of-body
out-of-body experience
out-of-body experiences
out-of-bounds
out-of-bounds(p)
out-of-context
out-of-court
out-of-court settlement
out-of-date
out-of-door
out-of-doors

Literary usage of Out-herod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"To out-herod HEROD, verb, (colloquial).—To exceed in excess. ... The author . . . intends to do a great deal, but he does not mean to out-herod HEROD. 1845. ..."

2. The Tyro's Greek and English Lexicon: Or a Compendium in English of the ...by John Jones, Christian Tobias Damm, Friedrich Wilhelm Struz, Johann Friedrich Schleusner, Johann Schweighäuser by John Jones, Christian Tobias Damm, Friedrich Wilhelm Struz, Johann Friedrich Schleusner, Johann Schweighäuser (1825)
"7.1: E|f/fvu, draw out, Herod. 1. 141.—iju f. ici, I disengage, Herod. 3. 87.-pull < the tongue. ..."

3. The Middle Period, 1817-1858 by John William Burgess (1897)
"Dixon was to seward's con- out-Herod Herod at the South, and he was to Dection with . . , -,T . , , , -\^ , i *i Dixon's prop- out-Herod Herod at the . ..."

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