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out-Heroding

out-Heroding is the present participle and gerund of out-Herod.

Meaning of out-Herod

Verb

out-Herod (third-person singular simple present out-Herods, present participle out-Heroding, simple past and past participle out-Heroded)

  1. To surpass in evil and cruelty.
    • I could haue ſuch a Fellow whipt for o're-doing Termagant: it out-Herod's Herod. Pray you auoid it.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about out-Heroding

What is out-Heroding the present participle and gerund of?
Out-Heroding is the present participle and gerund of out-Herod.

Words near out-Heroding in the dictionary

  1. out-gunned
  2. out-gunning
  3. out-guns
  4. out-Herod
  5. out-Heroded
  6. out-Heroding
  7. out-Herods
  8. out-hike
  9. out-hiked
  10. out-hikes
  11. out-hiking

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