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outfinesse

outfinesse verb: to show more finesse than; to excel in grace, elegance, or skill.

Verb

outfinesse (third-person singular simple present outfinesses, present participle outfinessing, simple past and past participle outfinessed)

  1. (transitive) To show more finesse than; to excel in grace, elegance, or skill.
    • Having failed for years to outhandle and outfinesse the BMW, the competition has been trying to hammer it into submission.2007 June 3, Lawrence Ulrich, “A Grand Opening for BMW’s Quick-Tanning Machine”, in New York Times

Forms of outfinesse

third-person singular presentoutfinesses
present participleoutfinessing
past participleoutfinessed
pastoutfinessed

Origin of outfinesse

From out- + finesse.

Questions about outfinesse

What does outfinesse mean?
Outfinesse means to show more finesse than; to excel in grace, elegance, or skill.
What part of speech is outfinesse?
Outfinesse is a verb.
What is the past tense of outfinesse?
The past tense of outfinesse is outfinessed.

Words near outfinesse in the dictionary

  1. outfigures
  2. outfiguring
  3. outfind
  4. outfinding
  5. outfinds
  6. outfinesse
  7. outfinessed
  8. outfinesses
  9. outfinessing
  10. outfinish
  11. outfinished

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