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outglitter

outglitter verb: to surpass in glitter or splendour.

Verb

outglitter (third-person singular simple present outglitters, present participle outglittering, simple past and past participle outglittered)

  1. (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 of outglitter

third-person singular presentoutglitters
present participleoutglittering
past participleoutglittered
pastoutglittered

Origin of outglitter

From out- + glitter.

Questions about outglitter

What does outglitter mean?
Outglitter means to surpass in glitter or splendour.
What part of speech is outglitter?
Outglitter is a verb.
What is the past tense of outglitter?
The past tense of outglitter is outglittered.

Words near outglitter in the dictionary

  1. outgleams
  2. outglide
  3. outglided
  4. outglides
  5. outgliding
  6. outglitter
  7. outglittered
  8. outglittering
  9. outglitters
  10. outgloom
  11. outgloomed

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