outlash en · NOUN
Etymology
From out- + lash.
Meanings
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The act of somebody lashing out.
We cannot speak a loyal word and be meanly silent, we cannot kill and not kill in the same moment, but a room is wide enough for the loyal and mean desire, for the outlash of a murderous thought and the sharp backward stroke of repentance.
1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 4, in Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outlashes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |