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outglittering

outglittering is the present participle and gerund 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 outglittering

What is outglittering the present participle and gerund of?
Outglittering is the present participle and gerund of outglitter.

Words near outglittering in the dictionary

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

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