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outglittered

outglittered is the simple past and past participle of outglitter.

Meaning of outglitter

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

Questions about outglittered

What is outglittered the simple past and past participle of?
Outglittered is the simple past and past participle of outglitter.

Words near outglittered in the dictionary

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

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