outglitter en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + glitter.
Meanings
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(transitive) To surpass in glitter or splendour.
Mrs. Longman-Tompkinson, apprehensive of being outglittered in a single spangle, by the gilt gingerbread of the Broadway, was labouring like a recruiting-sergeant to increase her forces, with favours flying and beat of drum […]
1838, Catherine Grace Frances, The Woman of the World: A Novel, volume 1, page 235:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outglitters | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outglittering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outglittered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outglittered | Tense=Past | lexicographic |